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ASX endorses Henry board director bid

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... will now reconsider and refocus our skills-needs in the new circumstances. We will proceed in our normal careful and balanced way. I look forward to introducing new directors to you in due course." Henry was an economic advisor for the Rudd government ...

ANZ, BHP, Tidswell get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... option is called MySuper Default Option. Tidswell's MySuper authorisation meanwhile applies to its Smartsave MySuper Balanced product. These latest MySuper authorisations take the number of retail fund groups ready to accept default SG contributions ...

Super returns climb to 16.8 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... TOWER with 22.5%, VISSF with 21.3%, REST with 20.7% and Quadrant Super with 20.6%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 22.4%, IOOF Portfolio Service with 22.3%, Mercer with 21.4%, and REST and ...

ASIC puts stop order on misleading Trilogy PDS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... Commissioner Greg Tanzer said: "It is important that disclosure documents and advertisements are clear, accurate and balanced, and when comparing products in an ad, the products should be similar enough to make the comparison relevant and not mislead ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... "There will always be a temptation for government because of the size of our superannuation savings, but that needs to be balanced against the need for certainty, so that means that legislation for superannuation will be dealt with on an intergenerational ...

Funds refused ratings for lack of active risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... equities over the next two to three years. "While our long term strategic asset allocation recommends 28 per cent of a balanced portfolio be allocated to this asset class we are currently recommending a lower tactical exposure," he said.

Super fund average 14.6% for 2012-13

STAFF WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... 20.8%, VISSF with 19.0%, AvSuper with 18.5%, and REST and Arc TOWER with 18.4%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were IOOF Portfolio Service with 19.2%, Mercer with 18.8%, HOSTPLUS with 18.7%, REST with 18.4% ...

AMP adds new funds to North platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... Australian and international equities, fixed income and cash with underlying investment options which include growth, balanced and moderately defensive options. AMP has also adjusted the cost of the most popular guarantee option, the Protected Growth ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The standard 70/30 balanced superannuation fund is failing to deliver satisfactory investment outcomes to members in retirement, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). While returns on this sort of fund were almost 15% for the last financial ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...