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Expensive property market creating super opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... consider directing savings towards superannuation in order to generate similar returns to that of home ownership. Earlier this week research house Demographia labeled Sydney as the second most expensive in the world. Former financial adviser and personal ...

Pillar CEO departs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Mercer's acquisition of Pillar Administration is in full swing with the latter's chief executive leaving the company this week. Peter Brook was chief executive of the former state-owned superannuation administration firm for about four years from 2013. ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... production and increasing expansion in the surveys of purchasing managers (PMI). The European Central Bank (ECB) meets this week (19 January). Financial markets would look for signals from the ECB regarding "taper" particularly in light of the improving ...

Fund administrator opens in Cayman Islands

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
An ASX-listed fund administrator opened an office in the Cayman Islands this week after receiving licence approval from the territory's monetary authority. MainstreamBPO said its board sees operations in the Cayman Islands as key to its global ambitions ...

La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... planning. David Reed, winner of the 2015 AFA Adviser of the Year, is focusing his efforts on retirement coaching. Early this week, Financial Standard also reported that the next boom segment in financial services is the demand for retirement consultants. ...

Legalsuper hires compliance exec from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
A new executive manager compliance joined legalsuper this week. Kaye Wheatley-Brown joins the $3 billion, 40,000-member superannuation fund from Mercer, where she was principal, senior risk and compliance leader, financial services, advice and insurance. ...

Metro property markets continue reliable income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... property fundamentals in metro markets continue to remain strong, including real rental growth and tenancy rates. Earlier this week CMA sold its Lane Cove property, 14 Mars Road, to incumbent tenant Cochlear for $26 million. Blake said CMA will seek ...

IOOF shifts senior staff to lead Bridges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... said. Both Anderson and Quak will commence with Bridges on 3 January 2017. The appointments follow the news earlier this week of Bridges acquiring the advice arm of Queensland-based Heritage Bank.

Industry fund recovers millions in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... for members to activate a lost super request." The news of Vision Super's efforts follows on from a report released this week by Cbus and Industry Super Australia that suggested around one third of Australian workers are not being paid some or all of ...

MySuper lifecycle funds lead the pack

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... superannuation marketplace, especially through lifecycle funds. Rainmaker's September quarter MySuper report, released this week, shows assets in MySuper lifecycle funds have grown 18% in the past 12 months, once again outpacing the percentage growth ...