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PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Prime Minister has rushed to dismiss calls to increase the retirement age to 70, even though unlocking labour force participation for women and older people is seen as one the best approaches to boosting productivity and GDP. The Grattan Institute ...

Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
The value of superannuation FUM is up 3.6% in the year to March 2012 to reach $1.38 trillion, tracking the growth rate of GDP that was announced yesterday. Public sector funds are, however, growing almost 4-times faster as 14%, reflecting cash injections ...

Wealthy clients need consumer protections too: FPSB

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Regulators should be wary of simplistic distinctions between retail and wholesale clients, warns the global interest group the Financial Planning Standards Board. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) is the owner of the Certified Financial ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
The performance of emerging manager hedge funds is roughly twice that of established manager hedge funds over the past 20 years, according to new research. This is despite large hedge funds attracting most of the inflows, said Peter Urbani, formerly ...

Commonwealth FP adviser banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) employee, Joe Chan, after he was found to have failed to meet adviser obligations. Australian Securities ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Barings launches Asia dynamic asset allocation fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
In what appears to be a sign of the times, Barings Asset Management has reviewed its fund menu and decided close a US fund as it switches more attention to Asia by launching a new retail Asian dynamic asset allocation fund. The US fund being shut down ...

UBS expands wholesale team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
UBS Global Asset Management has expanded its wholesale sales team with the appointments of James Tomkins and Alistair Dunne as national sales managers. Working closely with wholesale clients and advisers, Dunne will be responsible for clients in Victoria ...

Low cost pensions to shake-up UK market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
The UK pension fund market is in for a shake-up with a new breed of low cost operators entering the fray with fees from 0.3% pa plus a weekly admin charge. Attracting their interest is that the UK is already the world's largest annuity market, accounting ...

Apostle partners with Dundas Global

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Boutique specialist, Apostle Asset Management has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Dundas Global Investors to offer its Global Equities Strategy to Australian institutional clients. Dundas Global Investors is an independent, global ...