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AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... to face and belly to belly with our clients." This initiative comes after an internal survey of AFA members, with the research showing that advisers want the AFA to focus on professional pathways and leadership strategies, be an active voice on policy ...

Sunsuper named Australia's best contact centre

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... centre, which comprises 79 employees, has recently been restructured. "The new structure was born out of findings from research that showed that members had distinct needs at different stages of their lives which could not be accommodated by a 'one size ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The best laid retirement plans are often outdone by illness or redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... US$120 million ($132 million) hit relating to deferred tax assets in the US, while a reduction in tax offsets linked to research and development will reduce full year cash earnings by a net $28 million, after tax.

Business as usual for PIMCO Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Tracy Chin is responsible for covering the majority of Australian companies and banks and works with the global credit research team, led by Christian Stracke. Laura Ryan is the newest addition to the team. She is heading off to PIMCO's Newport Beach ...

Bennelong appoints national account manager from Zurich

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... will contribute to the business development function across all channels, but in particular the national accounts and research relationships, the company said. The new role has been created to strengthen the sales team and reinforce Bennelong's distribution ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... underperformed over five years. S&P Dow Jones Indices attributed the outperformance of the small cap space to a lack of research in the sector when compared to large caps. This allows active managers to find mispricing and inefficiency more readily. ...

Former GESB head of investments joins JANA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... GESB's investment portfolio. Before working at GESB, he was manager of investments as NGS Super. Prior to that he was a research consultant at Mercer. Dwyer joined JANA in September.

Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... because their employer does not make mandatory superannuation contribution, according to a new study by Tria Partners. The research, which was commissioned by Cbus, REST and AustralianSuper, found that the average person affected loses around $3,750 ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... already been taken up by the Fed and more specifically, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) in its economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy"... not even a month ago. Perhaps this time, the bad news will stick. ...