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Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... per cent per annum are 2.3 per cent per annum ahead of inflation over the past decade," said Alex Dunnin, director of research at Rainmaker, the company that does the research for SelectingSuper. "Hitting returns are falling rolling 12 month returns ...

Neilson loosens reins at Platinum

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... managing the flagship global equity fund. The fund had $16.2 billion in assets as at December 31, according to Rainmaker research. Lead manager and investment star Neilson who founded Platinum in 1994 with four former Bankers Trust Australia colleagues ...

TOWER Australia changes to TAL

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Australia Group is set to become TAL Limited by November. TOWER is changing its name to TAL after completing extensive research in the lead up to a licence deadline when a five-year agreement with TOWER Limited of New Zealand to use the TOWER name in ...

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Competition Council, expert adviser to the Prime Minister's Multi-Party Climate Change Committee and a member of the Research and Policy Council of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia along with past government roles. "Mr Sims is an eminent ...

Intersuisse adds senior roles to institutional desk

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... energy and resources sectors focus. "The institutional dealing team will complement Intersuisse's expanded institutional research capabilities and works nicely with the firm's existing relationships with Australian and South East Asian institutional ...

IOOF raises advice stakes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... directors with the acquisition to enable Patron to accelerate growth and offer clients better investment, life products and research. The transaction is due to be completed in early May.

Advisers sacked, fees halved in "doom" scenario

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... industry and fee revenue halved by 2024 is alarmist, the Association of Financial Advisers said today. The report by research house Rice Warner Actuaries stated the figures in an analysis of the impact of Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... blue chips spurred by Caterpillar's earnings while the Nasdaq struggled after lacklustre Microsoft results and a poor Research in Motion forecast. Despite mixed economic data and a tumble in Microsoft shares, the New York Stock Exchange notched up its ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Global equities fund managers are often choosing the same stocks for their top 10 holdings, research house Lonsec has found in its latest global equity fund sector review. The review rated 39 funds of which 26 were qualitatively managed by active stock ...

Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... people were charged for insurance they did not need, including children with negative superannuation account balances. Research house Rice Warner has said 26 per cent of dormant superannuation accounts have active life insurance policies causing balances ...