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HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
HESTA was named 2013 Super Fund of the Year at the SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning, Super IQ was named SMSF Provider of the Year and UniSuper was named the Consumer Choice winner. Attracting a crowd of almost 200 people representing ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed former CFS Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) regional managing director Joanna Davison as a board director. LGS said that Davison, who is currently acting chief executive of Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
The Australian share market is making strong gains on signs in the US of progress in negotiations to raise the country's debt ceiling. Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama, enough to send global markets higher, even though the talks ...

Russell multi-manager funds get top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
Russell Investment's suite of diversified multi-manager funds have been upgraded to 'highly recommended' in Zenith Investment Partners' review of the category. In total, 16 funds received a rating but Russell's Conservative, Diversified 50, Balanced ...

Sonray director to face 10 years imprisonment over unfunded deposits

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
The sole director of Sonray Capital Markets (Sonray) Russell Andrew Johnson could face up to 10 years jail time over criminal charges relating to false accounting, theft and deception. Johnson pleaded guilty to the seven criminal charges brought by ...

ASX endorses Henry board director bid

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has commended former Treasury boss Ken Henry's bid to become a director of the ASX board as it looks to renewal after the resignation of two long-serving directors over a US share-trading scandal. In an address ...

Russell and Matrix outcome-focused funds achieve solid start

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
Russell Investment has partnered with Matrix Planning Solutions to develop and launch five actively managed portfolios designed to deliver different outcomes depending on the investor's life stage and needs. The PartnerShip Funds, as they will be known ...

US market leads the post-Lehman recovery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The US equity market has performed the strongest since the darkest days of the global financial crisis, according to data released by Russell Investments to mark the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy ...

SMSFs show appetite for direct overseas shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
SMSFs investors are three times more likely to research overseas stocks than non-SMSF investors, according to research conducted by investment research platform Skaffold into its member base. Skaffold, which was set up by well-known professional stock-pickers ...

Austock Life appoints former senior BT executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
Former senior BT executive Steve Newnham has joined Austock Life to manage its Northern Region distribution team covering NSW, QLD and NT. Previously, Newnham worked in senior management and distribution roles at BT, Zurich, Australian Ethical and Lonsec. ...