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Super fund returns as good as it gets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Super funds on track to deliver average returns for 2012-13 of 15%, the third best in the past 26 years, demonstrate how fund members who kept their nerve after the GFC are now reaping the benefits. The result is based on preliminary analysis of Rainmaker's ...

Beazley appoints former TAL BDM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Insurance company Beazley has appointed Duncan Richardson to the role of life, accident & health development manager. He will be responsible for building and maintaining client relationships and providing tailor-made services for Beazley's life, accident ...

BFO to "name and shame" misbehaving bankers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The board of the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO) has formed an independent review panel to address cases of unethical behaviour within the banking and finance industry. Signatories of the oath will be referred to the review panel if they are found to ...

Facebook usage in Australia going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
While there are concerns Facebook use in Australia may be slipping, the number of Australians using the social media platform actually jumped 2.75% in May to reach 12.2 million. LinkedIn was ranked a distant second with 3.7 million users and Twitter ...

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Sovereign wealth funds have reached an aggregate US$5.5 trillion at June 2013, up 9.1% over the past 12 months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The coalition has signalled that if it wins the 2013 federal election it will institute major reforms regarding how super funds appoint trustees while expecting funds to speed up how they pass on scale fee benefits. Paul Fletcher the federal member ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Local Government Super NSW (LGS) has become the first fund in Australia to sign on as a supporter of the 'Investor Statement on Bangladesh,' while also being latest fund to be authorised to offer a MySuper product. LGS has joined over 190 global shareholders ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Only one in 10 in bank customers have their personal super with their bank, showing that banks are missing a huge cross-selling opportunity. Roy Morgan Research has just released a report that shows that only than 10.4% of the personal customers of ...

Macquarie leads global infra cap raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Global unlisted infrastructure capital raisings in the first half of 2013 are far ahead of the same period in 2012, and Australia's Macquarie group is leading the charge. Research by alternatives sector consulting group Preqin reveals that in the first ...

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
The recovery in super fund returns that continued apace in the year to May 2013 points to 2012/13 being the best returns year since 2007. The upbeat assessment is contained in the latest SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index ...