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First State Super launches rebrand

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Health Super will sit under the First State Super brand name, following a transition period after its 2011 merger with the fund. Since the merger, both brands have been used to promote the merged fund but chief executive Michael Dwyer said he felt the ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
It's RBA meeting day and the overwhelming consensus is for the Australian central bank to do nothing. Seems like pretty good odds to me. No doubt the Board would be talkin' bout talks of Fed tapering and yes, the talked about again China slowing as ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... were taking me away from running a specialist insurance and estate planning practice," Edmondson said. In March 2013, the big four financial planning divisions and AMP controlled 54% of the market managed 48% of all advisers' FUA. On the other hand ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Virginia, we can again count ourselves lucky, lucky, lucky. But don't pop that cork on the champagne bottle yet. There's trouble - big trouble - heading our way. That's right. This lucky country is heading for one mighty crrr...ash. That's if you believe ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following strong falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... $9000 a year. It is therefore in the interest of insurers and employers to tackle the problem before it becomes an issue. A big part of this, Lydon said, is making the work environment a positive place. "Work is good for people's mental health; good ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... the markets is already coming off as I'm talking to you," he said. "I can see that continuing, that loss of momentum." The big banks are in the positive zone, with Commonwealth Bank adding 16 cents to $69.32, ANZ gaining 19 cents to $28.70, Westpac putting ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... its weekly gain to zero. This is certainly within the realms of the probable and the possible. It dropped 1.4% on the day Big Ben talked about policy unwinding on the 19th of this month and by another 2.5% the following day as markets peered far into ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index increased 25.64 (0.76 per cent) to 3,401.86. The gains followed a drop in jobless claims and a big increase in pending home sales, fresh evidence that economic growth remains steady. Suggesting that markets had over-reacted ...

Two new MySuper approvals bring total to 43

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
NGS Super and the Nationwide Superannuation Fund (NSF) are the latest funds to be given the green light for MySuper products. The approvals bring the total number of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) sanctioned funds to 43 as the financial ...