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HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
HESTA was named 2013 Super Fund of the Year at the SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning, Super IQ was named SMSF Provider of the Year and UniSuper was named the Consumer Choice winner. Attracting a crowd of almost 200 people representing ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Indonesian Vice President Professor Dr Boediona is attending an institutional investment forum in Melbourne today, reinforcing growing speculation that Australian pension funds are readying to invest into the country. The VP's visit follows a series ...

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
One-quarter of financial advisers are in licensees that have changed ownership since the GFC and 80% of affected advisers have gone into advice groups owned by the big six bancassurance groups, reveals the 2013 Rainmaker Financial Planning Report. "The ...

SelectingSuper award nominees announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Rainmaker has released the names of the 30 super fund groups whose products have been shortlisted for the Rainmaker SelectingSuper awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The 30 superannuation groups represent 60 separate superannuation products ...

Facebook turns on profits as teenagers turn off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Amid strong profit results for Facebook, analysts are zeroing in on the falling usage from teenagers - pointing to long term implications for corporations that have a singular social media strategy. Facebook declared a 60% jump in September profits ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
In scenes reminiscent of Australia's looming political debate to wind back the adviser best interest duty, the Republican-dominated Congress in the US has voted for a bill that allows advisers to act without putting their clients' best interests first. ...

OS property no place for risk taking

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
As institutional investor interest turns global, a major property manager has cautioned that international property markets are no place for increased risk taking. Christopher Andrews, head of client relationships and marketing at M&G Real Estate, said ...

Three more MySuper licenses

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Three more MySuper authorisations have been issued by the superannuation regulator APRA taking the number to 81 just two months befor the 1 January MySuper start date. The new authorisations are for ANZ Staff Superannuation and Vision Super while the ...

McCredden joins Infradebt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Political dysfunction in the US has raised concerns the super power may not fully pay bond holders, a risk formerly only associated with emerging market economies. BlackRock Inc has just released its latest 'Willingness to Pay' report that contains ...