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ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The rising importance of superannuation in the economy and members growing reliance on their super's performance have formed the basis for the latest ASFA Policy principles report, released this week. The principles report, which is updated annually ...

AMP taps telecoms expert to lead Hillross

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
AMP Financial Services has appointed Singtel Optus director Hugh Humphrey as managing director of Hillross. Humphrey was previously director, mobile and convergence at Singtel Optus. Prior to that, he worked at Vodafone for six years in several senior ...

Infocus FUM grows to $3bn

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
Financial planning group Infocus Money Management enjoyed a 25 per cent jump in funds under management (FUM) to $3 billion in the year to June, buoyed by the growth of its adviser network. Fifteen planning offices joined the network during the year ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
"Girl on a swing, swing high Girl on a swing, swing low... She comes with the light Then goes with the night..." Gerry & the Pacemakers must be looking into Wall Street 2010 when they sang this tune back in 1966. "Girl on a swing, swing high." The S&P ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Overseas investors and super funds buoyed the commercial property sector in the year to June, accounting for $6.88 billion or more than 54 per cent of all sales. According to latest figures from property researcher Atchison Consulting, the majority ...

The future of super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Super funds looking more like banks, the transformation of advice as intra-fund advice takes flight, and defined contribution (DC) plans having their own regulatory arm - these are some of the outlooks for super over the next 10 to 20 years, according ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
In its recently released international shares sector report, Zenith Investment partners found that in the past decade, a fully hedged approach to currency exposure would have provided the best returns. During the decade, the Australian dollar appreciated ...

Real assets are the future of investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Investors should be wary and highly conscious of the rapidly changing geopolitical status of the world if they are to continue to succeed in the market, said Dr Phillipa Malmgren when speaking at the MLC Implemented Consulting Conference yesterday. ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
The chief of Australia's largest industry fund, AustralianSuper, is urging politicians, especially the independents, to rank superannuation adequacy high on the agenda as negotiations progress to form the next government. Ian Silk, chief executive of ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
More than 90 per cent of SMSF advisers support raising competency levels through the proposed Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 ...