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New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... property with an LRBA. He ran away, set up the fund, transferred the money and found out at the end of it that he didn't have enough. "The old adage is all about control, and 15-20 years ago DIY funds had features you just couldn't get in the mainstream ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... fallen below-er trend to 2.0% at the end of June. Blame Beijing and the rest of 'em slow poke economies - they're not buying enough "Made in Australia". Exports subtracted the most - 0.7 percentage points - from GDP growth in second quarter. And while ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... the user-pays model, she did argue greater attention should be paid to ASIC's "consistently expanding" mandate. "We have enough laws in place already to ensure consumers are protected. ASIC needs to focus on its role as a corporate regulator to enforce ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Christmas roster in a shopping centre, Wade decided to join AAS as an administration manager in the mid-90s. She was fortunate enough that her first superannuation employer wanted someone with team leadership and people management skills, not necessarily ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... understanding what their needs were and what they were actually looking for." He also found his experience at TIR had given him enough knowledge about model portfolio construction and the specific fund managers advisers were selecting for investor portfolios ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Some would argue, like the headlines, that what gives is markets' concern that China's recent priming of the pump isn't enough to get to PM Li's 7.0% target. But me says, Rome wasn't built in a day - monetary policy operates with a lag, give the other ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... gives an exemption to family offices that has always existed in the Investment Advisors Act 1940. It's a loop hole big enough for a 10 ton truck to drive through," he said. In 2011 George Soros took advantage of the exemption and changed the structure ...

High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... about running out of money and the longevity risk that comes along with that." "Another 25% were concerned about not having enough money to live the retirement lifestyle that they were looking for." Shead said if looking at people's willingness to make ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... eased to 0.2% from 0.3%. Growth slowed to 0.1% from 0.6% in the Netherlands. Needless to say, such growth rates aren't enough to lift inflation - 0.2% (yoy) in June and July. However, the second quarter speed bump is likely to be transient - largely ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... the proposal has generated in the industry, he said that "any argument is valid, but the case hasn't been made strongly enough for any of them." He said that introducing independence on boards would be "nice to happen, but it is not going to cause the ...