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ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Confusion about the funding model of The New Daily has shown no sign of abating, after Nationals Senator John Williams requested the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) scrutinise The New Daily on the grounds that it is a bad investment. ...

QIC wins AustralianSuper US property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper has appointed direct property fund manager QIC to manage its US retail property investments. As of June 2013, AustralianSuper already had $1.1 billion in pooled investments with the Australian investment manager, which specialises in ...

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has categorically denied that The New Daily will be a politically partisan publication, saying if it took a political line it would "wither on the vine in five minutes." The launch of the industry super fund-owned ...

Most super funds shun in-house investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Most superannuation funds do not intend to insource their investment management over the next three years, despite the fact that some have made moves in this direction. As many as 77% of industry, retail, corporate and public sector super funds' chief ...

TAL's profits take a beating

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... amounts to improve affordability and sustainability of these covers. This will help to maintain the enormous benefits Australians receive from having this life insurance in superannuation." Minto's restrained optimism is not unanimous. Recently WA Super's ...

AUI plans property trust merger

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... organisation. A mutual organisation operating for over 170 years, Australian Unity provides services to some 600,000 Australians, including 320,000 members.

Digital shift leaves industry funds behind

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... funds have an application suitable for these gadgets, according to a Towers Watson survey. Today, about 65% of online Australians use social media and 75% of them log on from a smartphone, recent Sensis research shows. Facebook is the most popular social ...

Industry and retail models increasingly similar: Sunsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The industry and retail superannuation sectors are increasingly resembling one another in all but ownership model, according to Sunsuper's new chief executive Scott Hartley. Hartley, who starts in the top job at the Queensland industry fund in January ...

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... advantage by investing in infrastructure - which he described as "a wonderful contributor to the retirement savings of Australians." IFM Investors Australian Infrastructure Fund, for example, has delivered infrastructure returns of 12.1% over the last ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013