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Super fund average 14.6% for 2012-13

STAFF WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Super funds finished 2012-13 achieving a near record breaking 14.6%, the third highest annual return result in the 26 years for which Rainmaker has been collecting records. Explaining why the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option ...

Most planners are aligned, consumers think otherwise

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... aligned dealer groups think that they are independent and are not aware that they are institutionally-owned. A Roy Morgan research found that consumers are confused when the planner is branded differently to the major fund manager that owns the planning ...

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... superannuation contribution rates would need to be 7% higher than men's in order to achieve gender equality, a study has found. Research by Michael E Drew and Anup K Basu, entitled 'The Case for Gender-Sensitive Superannuation Plan Design', has found ...

Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... initiative. SPAA has been advocating for many years for the government to take a long-term approach to superannuation. "SPAA's research shows a lack of confidence in super as a result of the constant changes." She said the government's announcement - ...

Zenith execs to head consultancy firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... (ZGA). Zenith co-founder and director David Smythe will be a non-executive director of ZGA while head of Alternative Research at Zenith Daniel Liptak will head ZGA as chief executive. ZGA will use the domestic alternative database of Zenith as well as ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... retirement," Cooper said. "They are highly unlikely to ever recover their GFC capital losses," he added. According to research by Challenger, a retiree with a super balance of $400,000 in 2007, drawing around $20,000 a year from an account-based pension ...

AMP Capital builds presence in Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

SSgA invests $50m in Chinese fund manager partnership

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... continue to provide solutions to meet the unique and evolving challenges facing Chinese investors with industry-leading research and an experienced team of professionals," SSgA president and chief executive Scott Powers said. State Street established ...