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PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

Planners ready for Trowbridge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Around 80% of planners are prepared to make changes to their business models should the Trowbridge recommendations be implemented, according to Investment Trends research. The June 2015 Planner Risk Report suggests most (roughly 75%) financial advisers ...

AustralianSuper nabs Future Fund property exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The Future Fund's director of property has joined AustralianSuper as senior investment manager of property. John Longo started at AustralianSuper last week, after leaving the Future Fund, where he worked for over four years. AustralianSuper did not ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns. The recent campaign against HESTA's exposure to Transfield has highlighted the risks that ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
"You say it best when you say nothing at all." - Ronan Keating Or rather, they did - the voting and non-voting members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). Their conflicting stances did not settle the when of the lift-off issue one single ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
The tsunami that has swept the financial market world last week right through to Monday has left and gone... and once more, the sun shines and the sky's blue. This means that the Fed can go ahead and lift, right Virginia? More so after last night's ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
"I am a man who will fight for your honour I'll be the hero that you're dreaming of... Just like a knight in shining armour, from a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." - Peter Cetera, "Glory Of Love Lyrics" For a little while there, I ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
You know the old saying: there's nothing like selling monkey hand-puppets door-to-door to turn you off working in sales forever. David Hallifax was doing odd jobs with a friend to support himself while backpacking around Australia. He'd crossed the ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Are we barking at the wrong tree? Let me rephrase that, we are barking at the wrong tree. It has been less than a month ago - before this wailing and gnashing of teeth - that bad China news brought hopes that central command would fight back with stimulus ...