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Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Despite engagement campaigns by numerous super funds helping members unearth lost super, $13.5 billion across 1.289 million accounts still remains in limbo, according to figures released by Westpac. In its 2016 Westpac Lost Super Report, the bank said ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Japan external trade Latest trade data out of Japan conflicts with the BOJ's outlook - noted at its policy meeting last week - for "moderate expanding trend" in the economy. Japan registered a ¥40.72 billion deficit in May. While this is an improvement ...

Align with super's purpose, not politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Self-managed superannuation fund investors who are nervous about making decisions because of impending federal government changes to taxation must realign their focus with super's purpose. BT Financial Group head of financial literacy and advocacy ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Veteran economist Dr Don Stammer has stepped down from his non-executive director and chairman duties at listed investment company QV Equities. QV Equities, the listed investment company managed by Investors Mutual, said in a statement that after celebrating ...

MLC appoints retail insurance sales GM from BT Life

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
MLC has appointed a new general manager of retail advised insurance sales. Russell Hannah joins MLC from BT Life, where he led the group's specialist insurance sales team, having been acting head of sales - retail wealth products at MLC before that. ...

AMP Capital appoints NZ fixed income head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new co-head of New Zealand fixed income. Vicky Hyde-Smith has been a part of the AMP Capital New Zealand team since 2001, joining as a fixed income analyst. Prior to that, she was on the proprietary trading team at Sumitomo ...

OneVue announces $177m merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
OneVue has entered into a scheme implementation deed to merge with a major provider of superannuation trustee, administration and investment services. Under the terms of the scheme, which is supported by the boards of both companies, OneVue will acquire ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
The sentiment of mass affluent Australians has recovered in Q2 2016 amid renewed optimism for the economy and business but remains in negative territory, according to CoreData's latest quarterly Investor Sentiment Report. The uptick in the Investor ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Australia housing finance The latest dwelling finance commitment report gave almost immediate evidence to the RBA governor Glenn Stevens' 7 June statement that, "Indications are that the effects of supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards ...