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QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... bringing investment management in house. Rowell also drew attention to an elephant in the room: group insurance. Following the huge, unforeseen spike in claims that saw one re-insurer (RGA) withdraw from the group total and permanent disability (TPD) ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... momentum of the market is still ultimately up...Price-earnings ratios are not hugely up," the stock market has "gone up a huge amount, but it's not bubbly," You got it, there was none of that "irrational exuberance" foreboding he's famously quoted for ...

Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... than they did 27 years ago," he said. All this means that industry funds have ever more active, particular concerns. As a huge feature of the institutional investor landscape, corporate Australia needs to understand these concerns. "We're attempting ...

AusSuper's in-house plan to save $150m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... investment managers, trading staff, analysts and operational specialists, including risk and compliance. "There has been a huge amount of work to ensure we have the right people, systems, technology, policies and processes to ensure the success of this ...

Magellan insists huge growth won't hamper returns

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Magellan Financial Group insists its investment process remains scalable in spite of an $11 billion rise in assets under management and a three and half fold increase in underlying profit in the last 12 months. At the company's recent annual general ...

Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... overall cost of physical inactivity is nearly $14 billion per year. These largely preventable health problems will present huge challenges for financial advisers. ANPHA chief executive Louise Sylvan has asked how the industry can engage clients and play ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... AUS$15 billion funds under management. "The interesting thing about Australia is the amount of interest for global equity is huge, and doesn't just come from one type of client group," Wincentsen said. While other countries tend to divide equities portfolios ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... broadly flat as traders pored over key US economic data for clues on when the Federal Reserve will start scaling back its huge stimulus program. At the close on Friday, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.08 per cent at 6,583.8 points. Frankfurt's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... in Walt Disney Co. jumped 2.4 per cent after chief financial officer Jay Rasulo said that the entertainment giant plans a huge share buyback in 2014 that could amount to as much as $US8 billion. Women's sport apparel chain Lululemon Athletica dropped ...