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Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... will be king," he said. Weaven said super funds can bring tremendous volumes of capital to the infrastructure investment table but it can never allow itself to be seen as a cash cow. "Show us the deal", he said. If it makes sense, super funds should ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Seccombe was chairman of directors and president of the AFA Queensland, a life member of the International Million Dollar Round Table (USA) and achieved 28 years of membership and has been recognised on its World Honour Roll. Currently he is the Queensland ...

APRA super fund grillings set new precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Superannuation regulator APRA interviewing super funds under oath, forcing them to explain investment decisions, should set alarm bells ringing across Australia's investment industry. Advisers to the $6 billion public offer industry fund, MTAA Super ...

NAB Private Wealth winners at private banking awards

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... received multiple accolades at the Australian Private Banking Council 2011 Awards ceremony in Sydney, topping the awards table by winning more categories than any other private bank. Private bankers from National Australia Bank won the categories of ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
One the myths of the internet age is that the web is for the young digitari while older Australians inhabit the analogue world. However, research contained in the 2011 Sensis Social Media Report reveals a fundamentally different picture. It found that ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Falling home ownership rates mean a quarter of all future retirees may not own their own home, undermining key assumptions of previous retirement affordability studies, REST Industry Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's is reviewing its rating methods, a move likely to lead to downgrades not only of the Big Four banks but of Australia's entire banking industry. The ratings agency has been canvassing industry opinion from around the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... holidays in the UK and US overnight. "We have been weak for a few weeks now, so there is a little bit of risk back on the table," he said. "The banking sector is recovering up one per cent and materials as well." At 1210 AEST, BHP Billiton was 48 cents ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Higher education superannuation fund UniSuper has topped the league tables for holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper ...

Energy Super first feature rollout

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... is why we formed the partnerships, so we can focus on delivering super while our partners bring their best assets to the table for the benefit of our members." Energy Super launched in April this year and is offering the new program to its 45,000 mem ...