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SYD restructure heats up global pension fund battle

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
South Korean investors are likely to pour $1 billion of direct investment into Australian property and infrastructure, according to The Trust Company. The money will largely come from South Korea's National Pension Scheme, the fourth largest pension ...

Shelf space battle heats up in US platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The consolidation of platforms in the US is forcing asset managers to compete harder for shelf space, while at the same time trying to protect advisers, according to new research. Boston-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates said while this ...

Retirement platforms to become the new battleground

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Retirement is set to become the biggest segment of the platform market, according to Rainmaker's latest set of superannuation funds under management (FUM) projections for 2012 to 2033. The personal platform market is currently the major battleground ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Australian stocks are lower at noon, with all the major sectors falling amid broad-based selling. The local market opened lower as investors took their cues from a weak finish on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the ...

Vale William Mahoney

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... daughters Virginia and Jo-Jo, who were born in Australia. He died in New Canaan, Connecticut seven years later after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Despite leaving Australia, William still retained strong roots here and owned a residence in Sydney. ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The role of platforms in driving planning practice costs down will only get bigger after research shows that despite the growth of self-directed and off-platform investing, the lion's share of assets under advice will remain on-platform. Scott Durbin ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... the BoJ said it would double the money supply and aggressively increase asset purchases, while vowing no let-up in the battle against falling prices. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell on Monday, nudging the NZX 50 Index down from a record high. The ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The announcement of changes to the superannuation taxation system this morning has ended speculation, allowing savers and voters to focus on the future, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister ...

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 ...