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Equipsuper pulls plug on Vision merger

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
The board of Equipsuper has voted unanimously to withdraw from its planned merger with Vision Super. Equipsuper has cited differences at Board level on the investment model to be employed as the motive behind the decision, although integration of the ...

FPA calls on ASIC for clearer advice definitions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Financial Planning Association has called on The Australian Securities and Investments Commission for greater clarity and definitions of quality advice. Approximately 150 practising financial planners, along with licensees and compliance, legal ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were the soon to merge Vision Super with 5.3% and equip super with 4.1%, Perpetual Wealth Focus with 3.9%, AGEST (soon to merge with Australian Super) with 3.2% and CARE Super and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Australian share market slipped into negative territory by noon as falls by insurance stocks and manufacturers outweighed higher energy stocks. Profit downgrades by building materials producer Boral and mining equipment maker Bradken highlighted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened half a per cent lower following the lead of international markets amid fresh concerns over China's cooling economy after a warning on dropping iron ore demand. At 1011 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... because there are too few of them, the funds they lead tend to be among Australia's best such as QSuper, HESTA, MTAA Super, Equip Super and CareSuper. "It might be that only the very best women are appointed to run super funds because their trustee boards ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Dynamic asset allocation is an alternative approach to defensive strategies in retirement investing options, according to a new white paper from Towers Watson. In the paper, "Finding the balance, strategies to improve post retirement investing", Towers ...

HESTA makes board and exec team changes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Health and community services super fund HESTA has made new board appointments and brought on two new managers to its executive team. Debby Blakey left her member advice role to taken on the new full-time deputy chief executive position. On the management ...

Macquarie partners with Class Super for SMSF offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees and advisers will now have access to a new low cost investment offering of selected ASX-listed securities after a joint initiative by Macquarie Specialist Investments and Class Super. Available now, self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, after Wall Street was trading lower overnight despite strong gains on European exchanges. NEW YORK - Stocks have clsoed lower after a morning rally pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above its highest ...