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Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014

The best laid retirement plans are often outdone by illness or redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014

In July 2013 Kevin O'Sullivan became chief executive of one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, UniSuper. Just over a year on, he catches up with James Fernyhough to talk retirement income, the value of asset consultants, and the future of ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014

In droves they returned... the bargain hunters, the bottom fishers and the dip buyers - turning the previous day's see on Wall Street into last night's saw. All are thanking the friendly International Monetary Fund (IMF) for opening up another entry ...

Damien Mu elected to FSC board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014

AIA chief executive Damien Mu has been elected to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Mu has been with AIA since 2007, and was appointed as chief executive in July this year. Prior to his time at AIA Mu was operations manager for AustralianSuper ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014

Houston, we've got another one. Another one of those big falls on Wall Street - yup, those ones that almost always begs the question, is this the one (the start of a bigger correction) or another dip begging to be bought? This time it's the International ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014

Mother's made an outing last Friday night in America - and she came bearing good tidings. Mother, of course, is the US non-farm payrolls report - considered "the mother of all economic statistics". US employment increased by 248K last month following ...

BNY Mellon parts ways with investment strategist

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014

BNY Mellon Investment Management vice president of intermediary relationships and investment strategist Brigette Leckie has left the business, a spokesperson has confirmed. Leckie joined the company in July 2012 and was responsible for the expansion ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014

The Coalition defeated a Labor motion to disallow the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation after it secured the support from Palmer United Party (PUP) and other crossbench Senators. Labor Senator Sam Dastiary's attempt to disallow ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014

Looks like Halloween has come early to Wall Street. Equity indices fell -- big time -- on 'The Street' right at the stroke of October. The Dow's down 1.4% (with Transport down 2.5%); the S&P 500 fell 1.3%; the Nasdaq's off 1.6% and the Russell 2000's ...

ASIC suspends advice firm for three months

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended a boutique financial planning practice for three months after it failed to comply with its compliance obligations. Protect Ensure, with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, has had ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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