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Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Host-Plus with 10.0%, Quadrant with 9.0%, OneAnswer with 8.9% and First State Super, State Super (NSW) and Perpetual Wealth Focus all with 8.6%.

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
In the largest international index provider benchmark switch ever, Vanguard is moving six international stock index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman ...

Allianz appoints new chief executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Allianz Australia has appointed Niran Peiris as the next managing director, following Terry Towell's retirement from the position. Towell, a 40-year veteran of the insurance industry, will retire as chief executive after more than a decade of successful ...

Frontier Advisors makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the she is pleased to welcome the new hires to the team. "Fraser joins with a senior specialised equity manager research focus, and this reflects our commitment to this key area of our client portfolios," she added. Frontier is one of Australia's largest ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... which investors hope would short-circuit the further spread of the crisis. The EU powers-that-are could then be free to focus on banking and fiscal union. That, at least, is the prevailing rationale. But Europe being Europe - and as we've seen over the ...

Invesco acquires 49% stake in Religare

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... in the long term growth potential of the Indian financial services industry." Religare's asset management business's main focus in recent times has been on developing its investment capabilities through a well-defined, proprietary investment process ...

ASIC releases proposed conflicted remuneration guidelines

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... industry understand the practical operation of these provisions and how ASIC will administer them. "In particular, we will focus on the substance of the payment or benefit rather than what it is called - renaming a banned commission something else won't ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... hit by three "mutually reinforcing negatives" under way in China." "The first was a shift in China's economy away from a focus on heavy industrial investment and exports, which have driven metals and energy demand. The second was a wave of internal reforms ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... current debate over superannuation adequacy in Australia, said the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). A focus on superannuation tax concessions and access age is the wrong conversation and should instead focus on the gaps in the ...

ISN expand policy and research team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... analyst-equity research. Zaheed brings to ISN industry and academic experience in economics and financial markets, with a special focus on the social and economic infrastructure of Australia. He has previously held a number of positions with APRA, most ...