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AUST(Q) Super and AustralianSuper to merge in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The merger between AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super will be effective from January 1, 2014, following the successful completion of the due diligence process. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has named Lachlan McMurdo as an investment manager in its private equity division. McMurdo joins Blue Sky from Bain & Company's private equity group where he worked as a consultant for three years. In his new role, he ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a model for assisting dealer groups and financial planners affected by the QLD flood crisis - and the same model is being adopted by its insurer members. FSC members are currently paying, in advance ...

Fin services firms rally to aid Queensland

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
From donations to charitable activities, Australia's financial services professionals are reaching out to help Queensland's flood victims in a show of unity and support. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have each donated $1 million to Queensland Premier ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...

FX trader guilty of $360k fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Brisbane-based resident Brett Tony Best has pleaded guilty to running an illegal managed investment scheme (MIS), which enabled him to dupe more than 200 south-east Queenslanders out of $360,000 in funds. Best, 39, pleaded guilty to one charge of dishonestly ...

HOSTPLUS sponsors Gold Coast AFL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
HOSTPLUS has stepped up its campaign targeting Queenslanders, signing a five -year foundation sponsorship deal with the new AFL Gold Coast Football Club. This is the second elite level football team sponsored by HOSTPLUS which is a major backer of the ...

You are what you Google

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Among the top finance term searches on Google this year were 'superannuation', 'interest rates' and 'investment banks' but as to which keyword was more popular than the other changed state by state, according to Google Australia. The world's largest ...

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
New figures just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirm that people with the highest incomes are not the ones with the most wealth. According to the latest ABS survey of household income and its distribution, while Darwin households ...

HBOS expands with Whittaker Macnaught purchase

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, has acquired independently owned Queensland financial planning group Whittaker Macnaught. The acquisition takes St Andrew's funds under management to almost $2 billion with its team of ...