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HOSTPLUS scoops top marketing exec

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The battle between HOSTPLUS and Sunsuper as the super fund of choice for tourism and hospitality workers takes a new twist after Sunsuper's marketing whiz, Wayne Sullivan, joins the rival fund. In a press statement today, HOSTPLUS said it appointed ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The domestic sharemarket was riding high at noon on the back of a gold rush and positive global reaction to Tuesday's rise in Australia's cash interest rate. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 67.9 points, or 1.48 per cent, at 4659.5 ...

Industry funds in NRL grand final

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Industry funds have won their way into the NRL grand finals with HOSTPLUS and ME Bank set to take center stage as major sponsors of the Melbourne Storm, who face the Parramatta Eels this weekend. HOSTPLUS, which is in its fourth year of Storm sponsorship ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Mercer Sentinel has made two consultant appointments to boost its operational and transactional services across the Asia Pacific. Pushkar Thakur has joined Mercer Sentinel in Sydney from Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business where he specialised ...

BlueMountain to post record returns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
US-based hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management hopes its forecast 20 per cent plus returns, lower fees and new liquidity rules will appeal to local super funds allocating new money into alternative strategies. Hedge funds are a hard sell these ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...

CalPERS reviews cost of hedge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
One of the largest super funds in the US, CalPERS, plans to put more emphasis on a hedge fund manager's long term returns than short term returns when negotiating fund fees - signalling a new way super funds pay for performance. CalPERS said in a press ...

Less tax on financial advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
If the cost of financial advice was to be made tax-deductible, it should be means tested to ensure the right people receive the most benefit. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, told an Association ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Improved efficiency and more social equity are the best ways to fix superannuation, not more tax handouts or extra compulsory contributions, according to two major submissions presented to the Henry taxation review. "While the evidence shows there is ...