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Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
The notion that Australians are disengaged from their superannuation has started its terminal decline according to Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) chief executive Simon O'Connor. O'Connor made the comment as the annual RIAA Responsible ...

Poor digital experience set to hurt revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Australia's top brands' failure to improve poor digital experience will lose customers to more tech-friendly companies, a report by SAP found. The SAP 'Australian digital experience report' found that 47% of the survey's 3,000 respondents were unsatisfied ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... politics in a country-wide campaign to support marriage equality. A total of 562 organisations, among which are Australia's top financial services businesses, have signed an open letter of support to marriage equality ahead of the Parliament vote, set ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... had low exposure to growth assets, such as SMSFs and retirees, may thus have experienced relatively poor performance. The top 5 Workplace MySuper and default options were PSS MySuper, CSS, Military Super, PSS and MTAA Super. The top 5 Personal funds ...

FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
The FSC awarded eight top executives for their contributions to the industry at the conference gala dinner, which took place last night at Movie World, on the Gold Coast. The eight winners were Perpetual senior risk manager Alan Lewitton, AMP's Janet ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
"They see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear and think what they want to think." This saying was on full display over the past 24 hours, Virginia... just look at the headlines. Yes, of course, I'm scribbling about the talk of the town ...

Industry fund sponsors Oprah tour

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Intrust Super announced it has naming rights to Sydney's Shute Shield rugby union competition for the next three years - on top of its sponsorship for the Intrust Super Cup rugby league competition in Queensland.

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... are often retiring. Tobacco is not an illegal substance." Ariel holds between 75 and 90 stocks in its portfolio, with the top allocations going to Gilead Sciences, Microsoft, China Mobile and GlaxoSmithKline. It has delivered a return on equity of 21.5% ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... in finding a new chief executive. Knight joined TCorp in 1996 and under his tenure the agency has become one of Australia's top 10 asset managers, with about $70 billion in funds under management on behalf of NSW authorities. Prior to TCorp, Knight was ...

PM Capital global fund returns $50.3m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... markets," PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer Paul Moore said. The portfolio is 85% invested in equities and its top 10 holdings include Lloyds Banking Group (UK), ING Groep (Netherlands), Google (US), JP Morgan Chase (US), Oracle Corporation ...