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AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... investment option recorded its third year of double digit returns during 2014-15, reflecting the benefits of an increased focus on active and internal management of assets. After taxes and fees the AustralianSuper balanced investment option returned ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... taxes, whereas the average OECD nation has a higher reliance on consumption taxes. Bragg said as Australia reorients its focus to services exports, "our tax system will need to promote Australia's competitiveness." "Unlike mining and resources competitor ...

Telstra Super addressing younger base

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... investments in those areas," Davies said. Davies said the fund now has an interesting mix of corporate, personal and retirement focus. Of its 100,000 members there's about 70,000 who were once a Telstra employee and sometimes haven't been for a long ...

BNP appoints Australia head of asset services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... reporting to BNP head of Australia and New Zealand, David Braga, and globally to head of AFS Operations Franck Dubois. Rae will focus on AFS operations, product, client and IT delivery to BNP Paribas clients in Australia. Rae has been with the organisation ...

CSSA guided by new name and code of conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
An association that represents workplace superannuation specialist advisory businesses has rebranded to better reflect its business. The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) will be now known as Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA). WSSA ...

Super funds battle with customer interfaces

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
A material focus among superannuation funds is delivering integrated, online interfaces so people can manage their super alongside other finances. This focus is evident at Colonial First State, which recently invested in an innovation lab with dedicated ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... waters." According to Delta Financial Group founder and principal adviser Mike Sikar, though, forward-thinking practices that focus on client engagement shouldn't have anything to worry about. Speaking to Financial Standard, Sikar said that when he started ...

Findex acquires private wealth firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... broadening its service offering. He added that Findex was a "like-minded organisation that offers complementary skills with a focus on wealth accounting and family office advisory - a practice initiative that we introduced at the inception of our practice ...

BMO to manage ESG for $53bn NZ funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... resource provided by BMO Global Asset Management would enable the fund's in-house investment professionals to increase their focus on New Zealand company engagements and other priorities. The in-house team will retain strategic oversight of international ...

Redpoint awarded MLC equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... executive, Tim Batho, said the announcement was another demonstration of the company's investment management capabilities and a focus on designing and delivering investment strategies across developed and emerging equity markets. MLC global equities ...