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Plum, Virgin get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... the name chosen by Commbank in Commonwealth Essential Super. Virgin Super Essentials will be administered by The Trust Company, continuing the group's outsourcing tradition. These latest authorisations also bring to 22 the number of funds whose MySuper ...

ClearView reports 92% drop in profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... However, managing director Simon Swanson said that underlying NPAT was the most important figure, and that overall the company was happy with the result. ClearView said: "This year's adverse and last year's favourable life claims experience predominantly ...

Twitter co-creator to speak at AFA Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Financial Advisers (AFA) Conference in October. Sagolla who has left Twitter, now heads a successful phone applications company. "Dom has the comeback story to beat all comeback stories," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "He will be inspiring advisers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... the US dollar retreated on Friday," IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. On the local market, at 1020 AEST, drilling company Boart Longyear had fallen 4.5 cents, or 8.11 per cent, to 51 cents. The drilling company made a half-year net loss of $329 million ...

AIMA Hedge Fund Forum targets greater cohesion

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... providing an insight into the size, performance and systemic risk posed by the local hedge fund industry, Myer Family Company investment director Miles Collins will help provide insight into the opportunities facing hedge fund managers and from AIMA ...

Reporting season reveals insurance black spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... executive vice president for RGA's Australian and Canadian businesses. Jim Minto, chief executive of Australia's largest life company TAL, told Financial Standard that life companies have loosened their definitions and coverage too much and price rises ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... shares soared 7.3 per cent to $34.75 on Friday as Ballmer, who succeeded Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2000, said the company would search for a new leader who can take charge of its "transformation to a devices and services company". The Dow Jones ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... a message to directors to carefully consider the information they possess when making a trading decision," she said. "Company policies on trading windows are not a protection for trading when a director possesses inside information." "Prosecuting insider ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... net profit by 10 per cent, largely thanks to a revenue hike from its Barangaroo project in Sydney. The result sent the company's shares down four cents to $8.98. Meanwhile, gaming company Crown's profit fell more than 20 per cent amid weak consumer confidence ...

IOOF remains confident after reporting growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... results are "pleasing despite the fact that the regulatory environment has made it difficult." Kelaher estimated that the company has spent $10 million on regulatory compliance. "But it's more a matter of operational cost, because while we were working ...