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Super assets up despite contributions dip

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Total assets in superannuation have grown 7.4% in the last 12 months, despite total contributions dipping 1.5%. According to APRA's Quarterly Superannuation Performance report, at the close of the September 2016 quarter assets totaled $2.1 trillion ...

Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
One of the emerging threats to Australian's retirement savings is the fact that one in three SME owners spend less than five minutes selecting their employee's default super fund. This is the key takeout from a recent survey conducted by REST Industry ...

Blue Sky partners for major US project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has entered into a joint venture for a 5,000-bed student accommodation investment. Student Quarters, based in Atlanta, is a specialist student accommodation manager focused on properties in the US near universities with ...

Global dividends down 4pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... the reduction in US dividend growth, now at its slowest since the index started in 2009. However, we do not see this as a major cause for concern, as US dividend growth had to return to a more sustainable rate after a couple of years of double-digit ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... Netherlands, Germany - for Trump's turning/boosting their chances at victory. But it's not only them that's grateful to Trump, the major central banks are too. In her first public outing since Trump, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave the clearest ...

Life insurance satisfaction declines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... has decreased over the past year and though it remains higher than it was a decade ago, it is still lower than the other major types of insurance that Roy Morgan measures, including motor vehicle, household and private health insurance." "Risk and life ...

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... historically low interest rates driving competition for assets. "The Australian dollar remains lower relative to many other major currencies, making Australian assets attractive to foreign acquirers. Together with this, an influx in foreign buyers (particularly ...

Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
The misalignment of investor and adviser expectations is one of the greatest threats facing financial advisers around the world, according to research from Natixis Global Asset Management. Comparison between the Natixis Individual Investor Survey and ...

AMP Capital execs depart in investment shake-up

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
AMP Capital has made major changes to its global equities and fixed income businesses. As part of the restructure, AMP Capital's current head of macro Ilan Dekell will take control of all macro and core portfolio management functions, while head of ...

Property manager launches new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... the International Convention Centre at the end of the year, a lower Australian dollar and Sydney continuing to rate as a major tourism destination." The hotel's construction is scheduled to commence in early 2017 and open in late 2018. Furnished Property ...