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UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Support is gathering for the UK government to follow in Australia's footsteps and merge small local authority pension funds after Financial Times research revealed huge disparities in fees paid to fund managers. According to the UK broadsheet, some ...

Retirement platforms to become the new battleground

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Retirement is set to become the biggest segment of the platform market, according to Rainmaker's latest set of superannuation funds under management (FUM) projections for 2012 to 2033. The personal platform market is currently the major battleground ...

Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Superannuation members in the post-retirement phase should have exposure to lower volatility, income paying stocks, according to Investors Mutual investment director Anton Tagliaferro. Traditional investment theory dictates that as investors grow older ...

ASIC appeals Macquarie's Storm settlement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appealed against the Federal Court's decision to approve a settlement between the former clients of Storm Financial and Macquarie Bank. The settlement follows a class action brought against ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
"Bye, bye miss American pie..." and pastries from Japan and China. Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on major overseas markets following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to congress and the release of the central bank's policy meeting minutes. At 0750 AEST on Friday, the ...

No scale effect in US endowment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
A 2012 study into US endowment fund returns revealed that investment scale is not a strong factor for determining investment outcomes. The 2012 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and Commonfund Institute's Study ...

Property investments see surge in confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Sentiment for listed and unlisted property has improved over the last six months with the vast majority of fund managers and analysts now anticipated moderate to strong investment growth from the sectors over the next 12 months, according to the findings ...

UniSuper nearly ready to award $25m insurance contract

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Industry superannuation fund UniSuper is in the final stages of a tender process for its insurance arrangements, with announcement of the new insurer imminent. UniSuper chief executive Terry McCredden told Financial Standard that the review was triggered ...

Rubik to purchase Visor Desktop from Macquarie

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Global financial technology provider Rubik Financial Limited (Rubik) has further expanded into the wealth management market after entering into a binding agreement to acquire Visor Desktop financial planning software (formerly COIN Desktop) from Macquarie's ...