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PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Renee McGowan is fluent in Indonesian and has worked in over 30 countries during her career. As Mercer chief customer and marketing officer, she has become the organisation's custodian of customers. McGowan admits she had a fairly accidental entry into ...

ASIC cracks down on social media SMSF ads

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
ASIC has raised concerns about three companies advertising self-managed super fund services on social media. Skybridge Portfolios was using its Facebook page to advertise the benefits of SMSFs, including statements such as: "Get yourself a SMSF for ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Global economy heading towards contraction, that's the good news A bounce from oversold conditions, short-covering rally, cheapened valuation, or another jump on the price of oil which is a positive for energy companies (and the banks that lent to them) ...

ISA slams super opt out proposal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Lower paid workers, mostly women and young people, would be left tens of thousands of dollars worse off in retirement if they were to opt out of Australia's superannuation system, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. According to News Corp reports ...

Folkestone A-REIT fund added to BT Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Folkestone Maxim Asset Management has had its A-REIT Securities Fund added to the BT Wrap platform. The addition comes on the heels of the fund being upgraded to 4.25 Stars by SQM Research. It is also available on Macquarie Wrap, Netwealth, Powerwrap ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
The underlying growth in dividends paid by Australian companies grew 14.8% in 2015, comfortably ahead of the 9.9% rise in global dividends. According to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, global dividends reached $1.15 trillion in 2015, an increase ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
A revival of industry fund outperformance could play a major role in ongoing policy debate that is splitting the superannuation industry into two distinct factions. New research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Funds under management to hit $8tr by 2035: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Competition will intensify among the country's largest fund managers as research forecast the size of the wealth management market to reach $8 trillion by 2035, at a bare minimum. In the latest Rainmaker Roundup report on funds under management (FUM) ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Jim Chalmers said greater policy emphasis needs to be placed on financial services' role in the Australian economy. Speaking at the Value Alliance Annual Reception in Sydney, Chalmers referred ...