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Employers divided on internal social media effectiveness

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
While more than 50% of employers are using social media to communicate and build community with their employees, there is little consensus as to which tools are most effective. According to a flash survey by global professional services company Towers ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... jobless benefits dropped for a second consecutive month in May, by 98,265 - the biggest ever decline. This good news comes on top of Spain's manufacturing PMI jumping to a two-year high in the same month. Not just that, Bloomberg also reports that in ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... master trusts) achieved 12.3%. The segment gap is thus 0.5 percentage points, about one-third it's long term average level. The top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were Lutheran Super with 17.0%, VISSF with 15.5%, AMG ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Netherlands but also in the problem countries of Italy (up 1.5 points), Spain (up 0.1 point) and Portugal (up 1.8 points). To top this all, sentiment climbed to a five-year high in Greece -- that country most thought would part ways with the euro not ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... government. It would be baby, what a big surprise, if they don't milk this report to their advantage. But will Australia be top of the pops again next year? Nah, not because Tony and Joe are likely to unseat Julia and Wayne (ok, maybe that too) but because ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... artificial asset mispricings. William Blair, which manages more than $56 billion in assets under management globally, believes the top-down strategy complements its more traditional, bottom-up Global and Emerging Markets strategies, which it has promoted ...

Morphic global equities fund reaches $25m

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... portfolio," he said. The fund was established by former Hunter Hall global equities managers Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater and its top stock contributors in April came mostly from Japan, followed by Korea, Turkey, the US and China. Minimum investment ...

Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Share Fund lists dividend favourites Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, National Australia Bank and Wesfarmers amongst its top-10 holdings. In the 15 years since the fund's inception it has recorded a total return of around 12% per annum with an average ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... measured against absolute returns and are benchmark-agnostic. Compared to other international equities funds, their funds placed top quartile or near top quartile over these three period sets, noted Rainmaker. The flagship fund, the Platinum International ...

Smartphone apps could increase super engagement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Saiz said. The survey also found that, while voluntary contributions are rising, more than two thirds of members still do not top up their funds.