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Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Super fund average 14.6% for 2012-13

STAFF WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Super funds finished 2012-13 achieving a near record breaking 14.6%, the third highest annual return result in the 26 years for which Rainmaker has been collecting records. Explaining why the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option ...

The life insurance sustainability challenge

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... Day 2 of the FSC Conference in Brisbane. He emphasised how an alignment of interests between insurers, policyholders and third parties, particularly on product design and end-to-end claims management, were crucial to ensure the market returns to stability. ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Matthias Cormann has echoed Treasurer Chris Bowen's calls for super certainty but refused to back a five-year moratorium on changes to the system. Bowen laid down a challenge to the Coalition ...

Advisers warned: take sequencing risk seriously

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... just before the GFC, the second retired 18 months into it. As a result of the timing their retirement income differed by a third. "Friends, we can and we must do better," Drew said. Drew said sequencing risk is typically thought of as a risk that only ...

Implemented Portfolios launches 'unique' super IMA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013

Goldman Sachs AM builds up third party distribution team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Goldman Sachs Asset Manager (GSAM) has appointed Sam Besley as key account manager of its third party distribution business. Besley will be based in Melbourne and will manage adviser relationships within Victoria and Tasmania. He will report to GSAM ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... it wants. Not only this, the latest PMI report indicates that the euro area is expected to emerge from recession in the third quarter. Plus, reports last night show German business confidence improved for a third month in July and get this...Spain's ...

Super funds get control with new Bravura broker service integration

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... SuperB, and native functionality within Sonata allow funds to separately account for member direct assets and connect with a third party broker for execution, tax and asset administration. Services can integrate with Bravura's ePASS online portal or ...

Super fund returns as good as it gets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Super funds on track to deliver average returns for 2012-13 of 15%, the third best in the past 26 years, demonstrate how fund members who kept their nerve after the GFC are now reaping the benefits. The result is based on preliminary analysis of Rainmaker's ...