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AustralianSuper to merge with AUST (Q) Super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Industry giant AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super have announced an 'in principle' merger, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. The merger will give AUST(Q) Super access to AustralianSuper's lower costs ...

Rubik completes Provisio takeover

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Listed financial software provider Rubik Financial (Rubik), has completed its takeover of Provisio Technologies (Provisio). Rubik said the acquisition of the scaled and online wealth advice software provider marked an important milestone in Rubik's ...

Australians missing $18 billion in lost super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Australians' are losing out on $18.1 billion worth of super, according to Westpac's Lost Super Report which was released this morning. The report, which was launched at the 'Lost Super Wheel' at Customs house in Sydney's CBD, also showed that almost ...

Australian online broker market 'world's most highly concentrated'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Lack of choice among online brokers may explain why Australians are unlikely to change brokers, despite having comparatively low levels of satisfaction. The Global Online Broking Report, conducted by wealth researcher Investment Trends, surveyed 96,000 ...

Advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... financial advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving, Opportunity International Australia says. Only 2.1% of Australians have a financial planners offering advice about philanthropy, according to the Opportunity Donor Survey 2012. Opportunity International ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... unsustainable growth. Now this sounds more logical. Slow growth, sell equities. Fed tapers, sell equities. At least for us, Australians, the Australian dollar is slowly returning to its historic role - that of shielding the economy from the pitfalls ...

CSC awards Challenger $250 million mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has awarded a $250 million mandate to investment management giant Challenger Limited, it has been confirmed. The mandate was the first to be signed to Challenger's "Relative Value Debt Strategy" (RVDS) which ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Act (TASA) scheduled to be voted on today in the House of Representatives. The IPA said that the measure will give Australians the necessary consumer protection when it comes to tax advice. "Financial planners have been able to provide tax advice without ...

AFA moves into broadcast to promote advice vision

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... tell real stories in 30 or 40 seconds." The project is part of AFA's long term vision of increasing the number of Australians who seek financial advice. "Nowadays, two out of ten Australians use the services of financial advisers and we want to double ...

UBS Platform appoints head of Strategy and Distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
UBS has appointed a new head of Strategy and Distribution of its Platform Solution Group as part of its strategy to develop its superannuation fund offering. Former AustralianSuper product manager of Investments Paul Souter will be the new head of Strategy ...