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PC hands down final default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... deferred wages and if these are handled by the employer then it is an industrial matter. Reflecting this, the PC has recommended all default fund appointments be decided by the default fund selection panel which will be governed by the fundamental principle ...

IOSCO recommends reforms to the $4.7tr MMF sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
An IOSCO review into the $4.7 trillion global money market fund sector has recommended further reforms to prevent a recurrence of the contagion crisis that fuelled the GFC in 2008. "Although money market funds (MMF) did not cause the crisis, their performance ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... losing 17 cents to $32.85 and Rio Tinto shedding 34 cents to $53.25. Meanwhile, construction products firm Alesco has recommended a takeover offer from paint giant DuluxGroup after reaching agreement with its suitor. Dulux shares were up two cents to ...

Mercer highly recommended by Lonsec

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Mercer's multi-manager funds have been rated "highly recommended" by Lonsec. Mercer said they are the only multi-manager fund group to be consistently rated this highly and that this rating is only granted when Lonsec believe the fund or product can ...

Adelaide adviser facing sentence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... pay other unrelated clients to maintain expected investment returns or pension payments from investments that he had recommended to them. If Bean is convicted, the offences each carry a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment or a fine of $22,000 ...

ASIC warns of hybrid securities risks

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... some unbiased financial advice before parting with their money. While most hybrid securities are likely to be sold or recommended to consumers by brokers and financial advisers, the regulator said these gatekeepers clearly need to explain the features ...

APRAs' best intentions misleading: Super industry

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... to recommending that the Standard Risk Measure be renamed the Volatility Rating, the three organisations have also recommended that APRA work with the industry to develop supplementary measures of risk to help members achieve their retirement income ...

Instreet launches alternative

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... majority of their cash position, if they like," he explained. Lonsec investment house, which has given the product a 'recommended rating', said the structure is a relatively efficient means of providing leveraged exposure to the basket of managers. "It ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... five, The Super Legislation Amendment on Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards implements some of the changes recommended by the Cooper Review, including the requirement that trustees always put interests of fund members first. It identifies the ...

Perpetual fund 'recommended' by Zenith

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has branded Perpetual's Pure Equity Alpha Fund as 'recommended.' The Perpetual Pure Equity Alpha Fund is a new Australian equity long/short product that has an internal target of 10% per annum. Zenith said the fund aims to ...