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Pillar sold to Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Mercer is upping its stakes in superannuation administration by acquiring Pillar from the NSW Government for $35 million. The deal establishes Mercer as one of the largest outsourced superannuation providers in Australia, increasing funds under administration ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... growth to business (0.5% from 0.2% in September) and housing (0.6% from 0.5%) - with investor housing up 0.6% from 0.5% while owner-occupied was unchanged at 0.5%. Personal credit fell by 0.3% in October for its 11th straight month of decline. Year-on-year ...

Part-pensioners short-changed by asset test changes

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... arrangements, a home-owning couple holding over $816,000 in assets will lose access to a partial age pension, as will a single home-owner if they hold over $542,500 in assets.

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
A senior manager among AMP Capital's multi-asset group will leave for a new role at Colonial First State in December. AMP Capital senior manager, platforms, tailored investment solutions Jodie Tapscott will leave the firm after more than four years. ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
SMSF members need to embrace fintech to minimise the erosion of returns and add simplicity to the costs of both asset ownership and administration. Managed account software provider MA Operator says many SMSFs are paying for services they don't need ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
About two thirds of Australia's largest superannuation funds are yet to embed responsible investment requirements with external fund managers. This is one key finding delivered by the inaugural Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report, released ...

Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Blackstone has purchased a portfolio of 16 US multifamily apartment assets for US$748 million. Purchased from SPIRE CAPITAL, the sale is part of SPIRE's progressive exit of the underlying US ROC II fund managed by SPIRE's US private equity real estate ...

XTBs added to OwnersAdvisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
XTBs have been added to OwnersAdvisory by Macquarie as investors continue to seek income in a low-yield environment. The inclusion of XTBs on the platform expands the range of fixed income solutions that OwnersAdvisory advises on, with the platform ...

Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
One of the emerging threats to Australian's retirement savings is the fact that one in three SME owners spend less than five minutes selecting their employee's default super fund. This is the key takeout from a recent survey conducted by REST Industry ...

Lifeplan bond 'highly recommended'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... Lifeplan's unique Wealth Preserver feature enables strategies usually only available through a trust structure, allowing the owner to control timing, distribution and frequency of benefits to nominated beneficiaries outside of a will structure so as ...