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Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... and centre of what super funds deliver because the fee differential between industry and retails funds is only part of the story. "Half a per cent can come out of the cost base [following the FOFA reforms], but so much of the distribution system is about ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... and deficit stupid? It was all the rage last year too - that of reining in the deficit. There was even a New York Times story this time last year (thank goodness I kept my note) relating that the Federal government cutting Medicaid spending to the states ...

AustralianSuper names Fraser's replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Elana Rubin, chair of AustralianSuper. "Tim's role alongside our investment team will drive the next phase of our investment story," Rubin said, of which the fund has grown its in-house investment management capabilities. Poole will also join the AustralianSuper ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... doesn't in any way whatsoever excuse the man's - any man's (prince or pauper) -- behaviour. It's an interesting human-interest story but not one that would inhibit the normal functioning of the IMF. The same way that last week's increased volatility ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... sales forecast and it raised its dividends nor that of Intel also boosting its dividend. No siree! That wouldn't fit in the story. The oil slide that took US equities down. WTI oil dropped below US$100 per barrel and Brent crude below US$114. The reason? ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... active fund managers needed to stand out from their competitors when looking to award mandates. "You need a clear investment story, a clear process and an investment edge," he said. "And a differentiated approach." He said Mercer looks at the quality ...

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... ASIC said Burnell has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of the decision. UPDATE: This story has been amended to include the reply of Tracey Burnell who was not able to contact us prior to first publication.

Indexing warning as ETFs surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... ago. Mercer believes that active management still wins out in the long term and that advisers should not overplay the ETF story. "This shift into term deposits and ETFs is not the fault of the adviser. But the industry itself needs to come out and give ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... end of May. "This is just the start of what will be a very interesting process of investors finally being told the full story on what was going on inside Great Southern," said a spokesperson for M+K. In October last year, around 2,000 Great Southern ...