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Retail funds top super rankings survey

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... of contribution beyond compulsory level. The survey also focused on member satisfaction with the fund's financial performance, the number of members acquired through switching funds, and the number of financial products sold through financial planner ...

NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... the sale of state-owned superannuation member administrator Pillar Administration after a period of poor financial performance. Pillar posted net losses of $2.2 million for the 2011-12 financial year and appears to have hit an impasse in its attempt ...

Two awards for Australian Ethical

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... business awards - a Banksia and Green Lifestyle award for outstanding commitment to ethics, the environment and financial performance. The first award from the Banksia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit that recognises environment and business excellence ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... enforcement agency." On 2 and 4 December 2009, while in possession of inside information relating to the financial performance of Gunns, Gay placed orders to sell more than 3.4 million Gunns shares. This trading was prior to the release of Gunns' half ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... which would be 'easiest to implement', and which would 'never happen'. The proposals included: measuring financial performance annually rather than quarterly or monthly; taxes designed to discourage excessive short-term trading; redesigning executive ...

Centrepoint appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... acquisitions. "John's experience in positioning companies for long term sustainable growth and delivering superior financial performance within the financial services sector is ideally suited to Centrepoint's next phase of growth," said Nelson. De Zwart ...

ANZ reports 6.2% cash profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... focus ensuring that we can continue to invest in our super regional strategy while also maintaining our financial performance." Australia's third largest bank also saw its household mortgages and deposits market share rise. "We are delivering against ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
Satisfaction with the financial performance of Retail Super Funds in November 2012 was 41.6%, the lowest level since July 2004, well behind Industry Funds (49.0%) and Self Managed Super Funds (69.1%), a new report reveals. Based on over 30,000 interviews ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... tax implications of its takeover of smaller rival St George. Cash earnings - banks' preferred measure of financial performance - rose five per cent to $6.6 billion, Westpac said, which was above market expectations. Westpac shares rose one per cent just ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... industry and retail funds for market share and the rapid expansion of the SMSF sector, satisfaction with financial performance is increasingly a factor that fund managers should be taking notice of," Morris added. "Our research shows that there is a ...