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Direct investment growth changes landscape

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
A steady rise in the number of consumers investing directly signals the emergence of a new investment landscape for wealth managers to tap into, according to a CoreData report. CoreData said the growth in the segment poses both challenges and opportunities ...

AustralianSuper awards Sevior $1.2bn mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... largest mandate went to Industry Funds Management, which managed up to $7.8 billion in behalf of Australia's biggest superfund to June 30, 2013. FIL and Perpetual managed $2.4 billion and $2.3 billion respectively and Alphinity Investment Management ...

Peter Collins to chair ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Brumby and the rest of the ISN team towards maximising the retirement savings and income of over 5 million Industry SuperFund members." "Our super system is the envy of the worl, and should remain so ISN will continue to provide much needed leadership ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a ...

Infrastructure trumps other assets over time: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Infrastructure is the best long-term investment, according to research by the Industry Super Network (ISN). The research shows that $100 invested 15 years ago would be worth $562 today. This makes infrastructure by far the strongest performer over the ...

Bureaucratic processes hinder infrastructure investment: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has told the federal government that Industry SuperFunds are ready to invest up to $15 billion in infrastructure, if certain impediments are lifted. "Australia has an infrastructure deficit of up to $770 billion, and ...

Superfund Wholesale's new tool cuts SMSF set-up to 20 mins

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) administrator Superfund Wholesale has launched a new cloud-based application designed to help financial advisors establish an SMSF in less than 20 minutes. The new iSystem application was designed create a closer collaboration ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Venture capital and private equity fund managers face the prospect of missing out on high-scale superannuation asset allocation mandates if the sector continues to charge "outperformance" fees despite non-performance. In the world of superannuation ...

Senior members announced to Industry Super Network board

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... corporations. He also acts as the Australian Government's automotive envoy. Bracks is chair of the board for Industry SuperFund Cbus. Collins has had a varied career as a company director, parliamentarian, military and naval reserve officer, barrister ...

AustralianSuper to invest $5bn in property

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... will maintain a similar proportion of assets in property. In its search for viable investment options, the $46 billion superfund will be looking for a smaller number of larger core investments. "We anticipate that the portfolio will have a slight bias ...