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Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper and Workplace rolling 12 month performance index fell during July to return 10.6% compared to 12.7% at end June and 11.7% at end May. Rainmaker, which conducts the research for SelectingSuper, noted that three year super fund ...

IOOF appoints national technical manager

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Australia Financial Planning. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Diploma in Financial Planning and Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.

Leeanne Turner wins FEAL fund executive of the year

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... ComSuper. The winner of the award receives a $20,000 executive education grant to allow them to take time out from the workplace to reflect and refine their skills at some of the world's most renowned business schools. "The last two years have been challenging ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference, Robin Chase of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians said often workplace injuries are just the beginning of health problems, and that joblessness was a major health hazard. "There's a piece ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... meanwhile achieved investment returns of 13.9% for the just gone financial year, putting it on par with the SelectingSuper Workplace super fund performance index that showed super funds averaging 12.7% for the year noting that Future Fund returns are ...

Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... revealing that funds have had another strong year delivering an average 12.7% while CFS FirstChoice was the top performing Workplace fund. Reinforcing the strong performance, SelectingSuper said three and five year average annual returns were both 9.2% ...

Funds return 11% in May

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index increased marginally during May to return 11.3% compared to 11.1% at end April. At end December it was 16.1%. Three year super fund average annual returns are 8.8% pa, five year average ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... someone mostly focused on building portfolios and delivering returns, realising the importance of the human element in the workplace has been the hardest - but most valuable - career lesson. Born in a small village in South Australia, Crafter moved to ...

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... whole-of-industry scale. For death/TPD cover, average sum insured per dollar weekly premium for a 40 year old low risk Workplace member in 2014 is $62,249 - up 2% on last year and 5% in five years. For death-only cover the sum insured per dollar weekly ...

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dampened further during April to return 11.1%, down from 12.6% at end March, 12.8% at end February which was up marginally from 12.5% at end January. According to the figure at end December ...