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CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Colonial First State Wholesale Equity Income Fund has marked its five-year anniversary with strong performance figures. Since its launch at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, the strategy has had significantly lower volatility than the ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
Superannuation is hotting up as one of the most emotive battlegrounds on which the Federal election will be fought. A new survey from Sunsuper, published last week, finds that more than two-thirds of Australians (68%) believe that superannuation will ...

NGS Super adds three new directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
NGS Super, the industry fund for non-government schools, has appointed three new directors to its board following the fund's February board meeting. Geoff Newcombe, Garry Le Duff both come from the Association of Independent Schools and join as employer ...

NGS Super lists portfolio holdings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... this question," continued Rodwell-Ball. "The increased level of transparency will provide members with a greater level of insight into where their money is invested, and help them to more accurately determine whether the investment option they've selected ...

CFS wins retail fund of the year award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has been named Retail Superannuation Fund of the Year at research house Roy Morgan's 2012 Customer Satisfaction Awards. The win follows a successful year for CFS. It was awarded Best Fund Manager and ranked number one by advisers ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Australian institutional bond investors are considering increasing their allocations to Asia Pacific, where record levels of bond issuance are broadening opportunities for diversification and relatively high returns. AllianceBernstein director of Asia ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Macquarie Life has been awarded a five-star status for overall satisfaction in the Beaton Benchmarks 2012 - Life Insurance Intermediaries Study for the fifth consecutive year, making it the only provider in the Australian insurance market to achieve ...

Social media anything but rocket science

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The proper adoption of social media strategy by financial advisers will help to raise up the public perception of the sector so often portrayed badly by media. This was the call to arms within the opening address by Baz Gardner conference host and Social ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... the number of companies seeking to engage with us," he said. "This has provided an opportunity to not only get a greater insight into a company's priorities through more transparent remuneration structures, but also to raise other important issues." ...

MLC removes managers

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Four Australian equities managers have been let go in a shakeup of two of National Australia Bank-owned MLC's investment strategies, the wealth manager revealed yesterday. Three new Australian equities managers were also appointed, with the changes ...