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Super syphons savings from banks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
As the guaranteed superannuation contribution level rises from 9% to 12%, people will have less and less money to put away as savings with their bank, according to a new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS). This, says the report ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on US and European bourses despite the IMF downgrading its global economies' growth forecast. The International Monetary Fund trimmed its world economic growth expectations for 2013 to 3.1 ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) will be holding its annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John ...

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...

NFP directors not engaged in fundraising

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Directors of not-for-profit (NFP) and charity organisations often play no part in fundraising for their organisations beyond making an annual donation, according to a new study co-funded by the Perpetual Foundation. Perpetual general manager of philanthropy ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
ISPT, Cbus and Omega Global Investors have been announced as award recipients by the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for investment stewardship and innovation. The Melbourne Financial Services Symposium is held in conjunction with the Melbourne-based ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Financial advisers can achieve immediate wins in the social media stakes if they only bother to properly service existing clients, ensure their LinkedIn profile is built efficiently, and overcome their fear of making a video. That was one of the key ...

Email tops in social media stakes

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
It may have been around the longest, but if he had to pick just one form of social media, Social Adviser founder Baz Gardner would choose email. This was just one of the many social media revelations that Gardner, host and organiser of this year's AdviserEdge ...

HOSTPLUS consortium wins Destination Sydney bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
The HOSTPLUS industry superannuation fund has won the bid to deliver Sydney's new convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct (SICEEP). The project includes the design and construction of the expanded and enhanced international convention centre ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street and European stocks sank on fears over debt-stricken Spain after its central bank predicted a worsening recession, and on continued US corporate earnings disappointment. At 0805 AEDT on ...