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Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... for those in the bottom 5% income bracket, 73% for the bottom quartile and 44% for "middle Australia". While those in the top quartile income bracket will easily achieve a comfortable retirement, they still qualify for part-payment of the Age Pension ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... providing education and personal growth opportunities. Wade says prior aviation industry experience was not needed to take on the top job at AvSuper but learning about it has made life easier year in year out. "It was something I was always very interested ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... another fund that has reportedly divested from Transfield, but it refused to comment on the issue. QIC, one of Transfield's top 20 shareholders, refused to comment on specific companies and did not confirm if it is considering divesting from the stock. ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his Treasurer Joe Hockey for turning "Bloody Monday" around into a "Bounce back Tuesday" and a "Top up Wednesday". Why so? Why so is because they succeeded in distracting us, Australians all, from the increased volatility ...

Industry fund competes directly with advice networks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
An industry superannuation fund has set up a nationwide network of advisers accredited under the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professional Practice program. UniSuper is the first not-for-profit fund to have all of its advice offices accredited ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... investors. Looking beyond newspaper headlines, other Asian countries have delivered excellent returns over the past years. Top performers include the Philippines (14.8% returns per annum for the three years to June 2015) and Taiwan (13%). During the ...

Planners continue insurer switches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... component of success in the acquisition of new relationships" with planners. The study of 852 financial planners showed the top four insurance providers by number of primary planner relationships were OnePath, AIA Australia, BT Life and TAL. The top ...

EQT joins Calastone network

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... step in our continued investment in people, process and systems, and we now consider our unit registry offering to be at the top of the market in maturity, capability and competiveness." EQT partnership with Calastone follows RARE Infrastructure joining ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... returned 14.4% during the year to September 2013, but average net returns were 4.2% for the following year. However, Australia's top performers beat the average and returned 15.6% in 2014. "The focus on fees and liquidity definitely limits Australian ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Danger! Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market, chances are it is now in correction territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng ...