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Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Super fund returns for the 12 months to end October have jumped to 16.1% reveals latest figures from the SelectingSuper workplace rolling 12 month default option index. The improvement means super funds are delivering their best returns in three and ...

Midwinter pairs AdviceOS with online accounting platform

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Midwinter Financial Services has integrated its recently launched AdviceOS financial planning software with online accounting platform Xero Cashbook. Midwinter said this combination of software "in the cloud" will enable financial advisors to oversee ...

MySuper authorisations nears 100

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
There are now 97 MySuper products authorised, with all major employer super brands seemingly well positioned for the 1 January 2014 deadline. Significantly, Mercer's SmartPath and Russell's MySuper authorisations are now in place meaning that more than ...

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Former Labor minister for climate change Greg Combet will take up a position on the board of industry fund-owned investment manager IFM Investors. The appointment comes a month after it was announced that Combet would be taking up a year-long advisory ...

Industry and retail models increasingly similar: Sunsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The industry and retail superannuation sectors are increasingly resembling one another in all but ownership model, according to Sunsuper's new chief executive Scott Hartley. Hartley, who starts in the top job at the Queensland industry fund in January  ...

AUST(Q) Super and AustralianSuper to merge in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The merger between AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super will be effective from January 1, 2014, following the successful completion of the due diligence process. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
"The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern". (unknown) The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that wrought deaths and disaster ...

WA Local Government Super rebrands, gets MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
WA Local Government Super is looking to corner the MySuper market in Western Australia after becoming the only Western Australian fund so far to be granted a MySuper licence. The fund, which until now has been exclusively for local government employees ...

Praemium UK director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Praemium United Kingdom managing director John Martin has resigned, effective January 31, 2014. Martin has left the company after six years to "pursue new challenges," according to a Praemium announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). ...

Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Macquarie Group's profits have jumped 39% year-on-year for the half year to 30 September 2013. Net profit after tax attributable to ordinary shareholders was $501 million for the period, up 2% on the half year ended 31 March 2013. Macquarie Group managing ...