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Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Australia's superannuation asset pool has grown to be one of the nation's major macroeconomic advantages and it's time for the sector to take an investment and economic leadership position, said David Whiteley, chief executive of the Industry Super ...

Planners remain wary of switching cash to equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Financial advisers remain tentative on the outlook for equity markets although more than half surveyed by Zurich are thinking about reducing the amount of cash in client portfolios. Zurich spoke to 300 advisers nationwide with 59% "indicating a potential ...

ANZ gains head of wealth marketing in newly expanded role

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
ANZ has appointed the former general marketing manager of insurance company InsuranceLine as head of wealth marketing in a newly expanded position. Bettina Pidcock, who has also held marketing leadership positions at Asgard/St George, MLC and Westpac ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Real estate investments within superannuation would cause the biggest issue when pension-phase funds revert to accumulation on the death of the member, a self-managed super fund expert said today. David Busoli, national head of education for Cavendish ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Most of you would have noticed lately that financial markets have been playing the "deal or no deal" game. Investors "boo" every time either the US or Europe says 'no deal' and they applause, clap their hands and stomp their feet when either one shouts ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
What difference can a midnight minute make to a merger? Do you combine your super funds at 12.01am on July 1? Or 11.59pm on June 30? Those vital 60 seconds were pondered during an afternoon talk by Graeme Russell, chief executive officer of First Super ...

No alarms as Bell profits fall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Bell Financial Group attributed a 24% dip in after tax net profit to one-off non-cash losses associated with the disposal of options held within subsidiary Southern Cross Equities. Bell reported unaudited net profit after tax of $6.3 million for the ...

Russell adviser community moves online

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
A website launched by Russell Investments aims to give advisers new ways to prove their value to their clients beyond investment performance. The free to access website, Helping Advisers, does not require any logins or passwords and is designed to be ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
An industry super fund head has said the idea that bigger super funds are cheaper for members is unfounded. John Livanas, chief executive of $1 billion meat industry fund AMIST Super, said smaller can be better and that mergers for the sake of merging ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Institutions are seeking direct and customised hedge fund investments in favour of commingled fund of hedge funds, as the alternative asset class attempts to reinvent itself. A new report from State Street, Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation ...