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Accountants push for debate on FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The IPA said that it needs more detail on the amendments in order to make an assessment of the impact that any regulatory changes would have on the industry. "There has been significant effort and investment to ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Research house Lonsec has added two new ratings, including one which gives greater transparency for instances where a product is removed from the rating process - a practice used by managers to avoid unfavourable ratings. From 1 July, new Australian ...

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... returns that continued apace in the year to May 2013 points to 2012/13 being the best returns year since 2007. The upbeat assessment is contained in the latest SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index report that reveals funds delivered ...

Trust now looking at revised EQT offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... made public on the Australian Securities and Exchange (ASX), The Trust Company said that it will conduct a synergy assessment exercise with EQT to determine how EQT calculates the estimated synergies of the acquisition. EQT initially estimated that its ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
ASX-listed companies are being asked to confront poor working conditions in 'least developed countries' (LDCs), with the release of a paper by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) entitled 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in Supply-Chain ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... who hold a default account into the MySuper account of another super fund. The proposed amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 will allow such super funds to transfer losses and deferred tax liabilities for the assets transferred. "This means ...

IFM mulls Asia office

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... raise capital from the region's large pension funds. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury told Financial Standard that an assessment would be made by the leadership team and board in July, and if approved the set up of the office could be done "pretty easily." ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... business. Can you hear that too, Virginia? The financial markets' collective heart pounding as they await Ben Bernanke's assessment of the overall economic picture - with special regard for future employment and inflation, of course - to see whether ...

StatewideSuper withdrawn from SelectingSuper assessment

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
SelectingSuper has withdrawn its quality assessment for StatewideSuper. The fund was previously assessed as AAA. SelectingSuper is part of the Rainmaker financial services information group. Research director, Alex Dunnin, said the withdrawal of the ...