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Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Cbus has today launched its member direct investment (MDI) option, Cbus Self Managed, in a move to provide an alternative to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The option gives members access to ASX 300 listed companies, 16 Exchange Traded Funds ...

Abbott's SG claim incorrect, survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
The majority of businesses would fund a rise in the superannuation guarantee (SG) out of their own - not their employees' - pockets, according to survey commissioned by industry fund Sunsuper. This contradicts Tony Abbott's claim last week that the ...

CBRE promotes two senior execs to head retail investments team

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... retail investments, he will relocate from Brisbane to CBRE's Sydney CBD office. O'Donnell - who has acted in the sale of major retail investments since 1994, including 10 years at JLL - will remain based in Brisbane in his new role as national director ...

HESTA CEO to depart fund

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Long-serving HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has announced plans to leave the fund. In announcement made this afternoon, Corboy has said that she will leave HESTA at the end of February 2015 after 16 years at the helm. No replacement has been ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... shed 42 cents to $73.99, Sonic Healthcare had dropped 41 cents to $17.29 and Cochlear was 98 cents weaker at $70.015. The major banks were also weaker, with National Australia Bank down 19 cents at $34.86, ANZ down nine cents at $33.43, Commonwealth ...

Questions raised about independence of van Eyk board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
One of van Eyk's major shareholders has expressed concern about the make-up of the under-fire research and asset consulting company's board. Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI), which owns a 36% stake in van Eyk, remains concerned that there are currently ...

Executives lose sleep over changing regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... number one operational concern, followed by how to improve risk return, and data management. The last six months has seen a major surge in risk stress testing - with more than 50% of respondents saying that had stress tested in that period. However ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... hold around 25% of each of the banks customers' superannuation wallet. However, the largest individual competitor for these major banks is AMP, which holds an average 6% of the superannuation balances of the big four. "When it comes to superannuation ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... relating to demonstrating value and improving business efficiency. "Although the regulatory burden posed by FoFA remains a major challenge for planners, demonstrating value to clients and improving business efficiency is now a greater priority," Peker ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... cents at $62.535 and Fortescue Metals was 2.5 cents weaker at $4.065, while BHP Billiton was one cent higher at $36.71. The major banks were relatively flat. ANZ was up 5.5 cents at $33.485, Commonwealth Bank was down one cent at $81.29, National Australia ...