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Mercer trumpets "lifetime super concessional cap"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Mercer has proposed that lifetime concessional caps on superannuation contributions would be a fairer system than the current annual concessional cap of $25,000. This policy would particularly help those approaching retirement who have not benefited ...

Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Large, marquee infrastructure assets seem over-priced in the face of the huge sums high profile institutions have paid in recent years, according to Towers Watson senior investment consultant Duncan Hale. Large global investors have raced to buy infrastructure ...

Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... its withdrawal of quantitative easing and a return to normal monetary policy. "The challenge for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to exit the historically low interest rate environment, maintain the increase in interest rates achieved in the ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Aberdeen MD Jollie joins FSC board

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Remaining director include: Equity Trustees managing director Robin Burns, UBS Global Asset Management Australia managing director Ben Heap, Vanguard chairman and managing director John James, Perpetual chief executive and managing director Geoff Lloyd ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European bourses made sharp gains on upbeat Chinese and eurozone economic data, and receding investor concerns over a US intervention in Syria. Wall Street was closed for the Labor Day public holiday. ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

ASIC puts stop order on misleading Trilogy PDS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put interim stop orders on the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for Trilogy Monthly Income Fund and Trilogy Melbourne Office Syndicate - Cheltenham, over concerns of the relevance of ...

Future Fund confirms preference for offshore investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Future Fund has reaffirmed its preference for offshore investments as it approaches the $90 billion mark. The fund grew by $11.9 billion over the 2012-13 financial year, reaching funds under management of $88.9 billion and delivering returns of ...