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Greens propose scaled super contribs tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... below the marginal tax rate is one sensible option that we've had costed by Treasury. But we're open to looking at alternatives, such as phasing-in this system, in order to recognise the setback many people in their mid-fifties suffered in the GFC while ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Increasing allocations to alternatives warrants a more meaningful classification over what comprises the sector, according to Pengana Capital. Russell Pillemer, Pengana Capital CEO, said when "alternative" allocations were small, reference to the ubiquitous ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Telstra Super (280). On average, the top 20 funds now have an equal amount in equities and bonds, with the rest in alternatives and cash, said Goss. Asia-Pacific funds however, have maintained a much higher allocation to bonds, "in keeping with prevailing ...

Retail investors buy hybrids despite dangers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... the analysis, hybrids are only attractive in rare instances," he added. Superficially, hybrids look like attractive alternatives to fixed interest type products including term deposits, he said because the equity risk is often ignored even when spelt ...

Smarter lifecycle approach to staunch SMSF flow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... that glide path and into better retirement solutions at the fund level will then have flow-on effects by presenting alternatives to both annuities-type solutions and the flow to SMSFs, Bouch and Millar said.

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... disguised beta." "We actually manage it so that the correlation to equities markets is close to zero," he said. "By alternatives, we don't mean traditional alternatives such as commodities. We're talking more absolute returns; we're talking long-short ...

Lion Adv cancelled/Hickie banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... funds to meet client claims." Tanzer added that EDR schemes are equally important as they provide consumers with alternatives to legal proceedings when resolving complaints with their financial service providers. Lion Advantage - which operated four ...

Australians lack genuine banking sector competition

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... the Big 4 don't really compete against each other - but in many cases are simply not aware or informed about the alternatives," said Walsh. "In terms of government action on increasing competition in the banking sector, resolving the issue of effectively ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Too many investors have been trying to "have their cake and eat it too" by attempting to use alternatives to chase higher returns and gain diversification in down markets, according to one manager. "The more you're going for those juicy returns, the ...

Target Maturity Funds Take Top Spot

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... slower to react, but they followed suit in May, noted the researcher. CA said investors are increasingly looking for alternatives to cash funds in order to obtain higher yields.