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Social media business use up 25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
More than one in four businesses in Australia had a social media presence in June 2013, according to survey results just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This is up one quarter from one in five the previous year. Growth in social media ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index recovered slightly during February to return 12.8% up from 12.5% at end January albeit this is still sharply down from December's 16.1%. Underpinning the results are that the rolling ...

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has raised alarm bells that the low rate venture capital fund raising in Australia could have serious long term economic implications. VC fund raising in 2012-13 crashed to ...

Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
New research released by the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) reveals that the standard 4% retirement income drawdown may be too high and inadvertently result in retirement funds running out too quickly. The research is detailed in ...

Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Super fund returns for the 12 months to end October have jumped to 16.1% reveals latest figures from the SelectingSuper workplace rolling 12 month default option index. The improvement means super funds are delivering their best returns in three and ...

Fund returns dip to 15pct

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dipped during September, but at 15.1% for the year ended 30 September 2013 they are still at near three year highs. Rainmaker, the researcher that conducts surveys of fund performance ...

70 pct retirees see advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Clients prefer face to face interaction, like long statements of advice, want to receive financial advice and are willing to trust their advisers. The above is not a snapshot of the Aussie market in the 60s, but a portrait of how pre-retirees think ...

Super funds post 15.3 pct return for August

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dipped slightly during August to return 15.3% for the year ended 31 August. The SelectingSuper index is compiled from super fund performance surveys conducted by the Rainmaker group. ...

Super returns climb to 16.8 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Super funds have begun 2013-14 with more robust results that in July 2013 pushed up the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index to 16.8%, the best rolling 12 month return in three years. Explaining why the result was so high ...

MCCA up 80pct, new funds on track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Muslim Community Co-operative Australia's (MCCA) Income Fund recently surpassed $18.45 million representing 80% growth over the same period last year. The Fund is on target to deliver a very competitive second year result and performance in a particularly ...