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Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Countplus chief executive and managing director Michael Spurr has announced he will step down at the completion of his current contract after four years in the role. Spurr will remain in his co-role as chief financial officer for up to 12 months to ...

QIC takes stake in East West Link PPP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
QIC has become a major investor in the East West Link Stage 1 ("EWL") public-private partnership (PPP) toll road and tunnel project in Melbourne, after a consortium led by Capella Capital won the bid. Other members of the consortium included British ...

Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index increased during August to return 11.1% compared 10.6% at end July, albeit still down from June's 12.7%. Three year super fund average annual returns are also 11.1% pa with ...

First hard MySuper APRA data released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Superannuation regulator APRA has just released its first set of hard MySuper statistics and they reveal the transition to MySuper is happening faster than expected and the role of life stage investing bigger than anticipated. There are 116 MySuper ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former BlackRock MD

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Former BlackRock Australia managing director Adam Seccombe has joined Implemented Portfolios in a full-time role to assist the business with the next stage of its growth. Seccombe was responsible for launching BlackRock's ETF business, iShares, in Australia ...

Folkestone enters joint venture to build commercial complex

Folkestone has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Wilmac Properties to develop the second stage of its Millers Junction Project at 330 Millers Road Altona North, Victoria. The joint venture (JV) will develop approximately 60 strata style office/warehouse ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS will launch a lifecycle investment option next year, becoming one of the few industry funds to do so. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the new investment option will tailor its investment ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors offload mining and bank stocks. The market began Thursday morning higher only to drop due to ongoing concerns about China's economy and the falling Australian dollar, CMC Markets chief market analyst ...

Advisers ask for segmented education standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Financial advisers have asked that the minimum education standards are not set up following a 'one size fits all' approach, but instead take into account individual advisers' areas of focus. As part of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Female ...

HESTA CEO to depart fund

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Long-serving HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has announced plans to leave the fund. In announcement made this afternoon, Corboy has said that she will leave HESTA at the end of February 2015 after 16 years at the helm. No replacement has been ...