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HESTA calls for access to super for family violence victims

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Industry super fund HESTA is calling on the Federal Government to change the rules and allow family violence victims and survivors access to their superannuation. The fund, along with others in the community sector including Financial Counselling Australia ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Superannuation funds are shunning traditional asset classes and increasingly turning to private equity opportunities, the latest key market insights from law firm MinterEllison show. In the last 12 months superannuation funds have ramped investment ...

SMSFs benefit from DomaCom deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
DomaCom completed its first fractional property acquisition transaction via managedaccounts.com.au. Undertaking the transaction on behalf of Sydney-based advisory group Benwest Investment Services, DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said the firm ...

South Korean pension fund buys Brisbane property

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
A South Korean pension fund purchased a landmark office building in Brisbane, showcasing the increased international investment in Australian real estate stretches beyond Sydney and Melbourne. AXA Investment Managers' property investment arm, Eureka ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
So this is Christmas and what have you done (John Lennon)? No, it wasn't me, it was Donald! Thanks to the good tidings Santa Trump delivered (or talked of delivering) - infrastructure building and rebuilding, deregulation, tax reform. Ones that are ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
"This is the moment; this is the day When I send all my doubts and demons on their way. Every endeavor I have made ever Is coming into play, is here and now today." -Donny Osmond, 'This is the moment" Well, Wednesday (14 December 2016), to be precise ...

Suncorp CFO says financial services disenfranchised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... sacrificing strong, beneficial strategies in favour of short-term satisfaction. "Investment decisions with pay back periods that stretch beyond the traditional three-year planning cycle rarely pass muster. Just as the electorate is demanding immediacy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... of decline, the lowest level in six weeks and marks 66 straight weeks that claims have been below 300,000 - the longest stretch since 1973. The four-week moving average of claims declined by 7,500 to 269,500 last week while the lagging data (week ended ...

Perpetual launches Native Title Trust

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... differing needs." The launch of the trust coincides with Perpetual's second Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), the 2016-2019 'Stretch' RAP, which will build on Perpetual's first 'Reflect' RAP introduced in 2013. "The Stretch RAP is the next step in our ...

Energy Super to offer Mercer LifetimePlus

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... and Pacific market leader Ben Walsh added: "We're living longer, we're retired for more years, we need our savings to stretch further, but Australians have had very few cost effective investment options to ensure their super lasts for as long as they ...