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Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Superannuation has to move away from the daily political noise and adopt a long term approach, AustralianSuper CEO Ian Silk said yesterday at the AIST's Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane. "Superannuation tax concessions are costing over $30 ...

Govt moves to enshrine 'financial adviser' label

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
In a widely anticipated move, the government has today tabled a bill that will enshrine the term "financial planner/adviser" into law. The legislation, introduced by the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten aims to enhance ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Go ahead punk, make my day! This is basically what the Parliament of itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie Cyprus told its Goliath paymasters when it rejected their demand to impose a tax on bank deposits as a pre-condition to their salvation. Not one of the 56 ...

RARE Infra doubles assets, boosts staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Homegrown fund manager RARE's investment strategies have worked so well the group has doubled its assets to $6 billion in less than two years. The group's FUM climbed from $2.9 billion two years ago to $6 billion this year, RARE head of distribution ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Australian income investors are receiving annual returns almost 3% lower than anticipated from their income generating products, according to a new global survey from Legg Mason Global Asset Management. The findings come from a survey of more than 3,000 ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hostplus has awarded a $100 million mandate to Dundas Global Investors (DGI) through the Apostle Dundas Global Equity fund, Financial Standard can reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
AXA Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
While many fund managers have championed a growing opportunity for investment in an improving Japanese economy, Standard Life Investments says there will need to be further policy action from the government if returns are to be sustained. Seen as something ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Fund managers of all shapes and sizes and from all over the world are vying for institutional mandates in what many see as a perfect window of opportunity in the emerging markets space. A renewed appetite for riskier assets, increasing funds under management ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...