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WA Local Government Super rebrands, gets MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
WA Local Government Super is looking to corner the MySuper market in Western Australia after becoming the only Western Australian fund so far to be granted a MySuper licence. The fund, which until now has been exclusively for local government employees ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Super funds must prepare for a high level of activist scrutiny of their investments as a result of the increasing of portfolio disclosure requirements, according to Peter Lewis, director of Essential Media Communications (EMC). Under current plans ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Punters could enjoy a two-fecta today - the day when the Melbourne Cup meets with the RBA interest rate announcement - should the odds in their favour go. Odds-on are for the RBA to stay (on monetary policy) and Fioreno to win (the Cup). On the surface ...

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Financial planners are fishing for new clients among Australians who have never sought advice before, but technology could help them reconnect with disengaged clients already in their practices. "There are very few practices that don't have a number ...

Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Australian superannuation funds are overlooking local active international equities managers in favour of their overseas counterparts. According to research by Rainmaker Information, Australian managers have won about $3.2 billion, or around 10%, of ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Leading economists and private banking specialists will be among the keynote speakers at this month's Family Office Forum in Melbourne. The event, which has been organised by the Centre for Investor Education (CIE), will take place from Monday 25 - ...

NAB workers demand profit share after 1172 job cuts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Employees of National Australia Bank (NAB) are calling for a bigger share in the record profits the bank announced yesterday, at the end of a year that saw NAB shed 1172 jobs across all of its operations. In its annual report, NAB yesterday announced ...

ASIC asks for public adviser register to track "bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has asked for a public register of financial advisers detailing licensee records so the regulator and investors can easily identify "bad apples." In a submission to the Senate inquiry about ...

Magellan High Conviction fund 'Recommended' by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Magellan High Conviction Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. Managed by Hamish Douglass, the fund provides investors with a highly concentrated exposure to the international equity market. It was launched in July 2013. The fund ...

DNR gets $200m IOOF mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
Australian equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid's flagship fund has won a $200 million mandate from IOOF's multi-manager fund, IOOF Multi-Mix. The flagship Australian Equities High Conviction Portfolio recently received a 'Recommended' rating from ...