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BlackRock property head takes PFA top job

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
BlackRock head of Australian real estate Paul Healy will become chief executive of the Property Funds Association (PFA) from September. His departure from BlackRock was effective as of 30 June. During Healy's 22-year tenure at the asset manager, he ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Colonial First State FirstChoice platform has included PIMCO bonds to its investment options. The PIMCO offering is the first global bond investment option available on FirstChoice and it follows a strategy of seeking strong, consistent investment returns ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following strong falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... weekly gain to zero. This is certainly within the realms of the probable and the possible. It dropped 1.4% on the day Big Ben talked about policy unwinding on the 19th of this month and by another 2.5% the following day as markets peered far into the ...

UniSuper awarded MySuper licence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Superannuation giant UniSuper, which caters to the higher education and research industry, has been awarded its MySuper licence. The fund's current 'balanced' default option will become its MySuper offering for Accumulation 1, Accumulation 2 and Spouse ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after positive rallies on overseas markets as traders digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central ...

Super charter should be enshrined in legislation: AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said that the government's proposed Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability should be enshrined in legislation. In a submission to the discussion paper, the AIST also said ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Robbie Bennetts takes stake in Beacon

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Former Professional Investment Services (PIS) managing director Robbie Bennetts will take a stake in recently formed independent dealer group Beacon Financial Group. He will provide the firm access to tools developed by his consultancy business Robbie ...