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MLC removes managers

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Four Australian equities managers have been let go in a shakeup of two of National Australia Bank-owned MLC's investment strategies, the wealth manager revealed yesterday. Three new Australian equities managers were also appointed, with the changes ...

APRA releases final Prudential Standard for MySuper transition

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) yesterday released final Prudential Standard SPS 410 MySuper Transition (SPS 410) and the final approved forms for application for authorisation to offer MySuper products and ERFs for the superannuation ...

Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Asian bond markets offer superior returns at a lower level of risk than their European and US counterparts, according to Omega Global Investors. Falling cash rates in Australia are widely expected to act as the catalyst for a large migration into fixed ...

AIA improves platform distribution with new launch

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
AIA Australia has launched it Priority Protection for Platform Investors insurance product on the Personal Private Platform. The move is aimed at making it easier for advisers to get access to the insurance product for their clients. The platform is ...

Brad Fox Appointed AFA CEO

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Following the shock resignation by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) CEO Richard Klipin a month ago, the immediate past president, current treasurer and Interim CEO, Brad Fox was announced as his successor yesterday. Commenting on the announcement ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
The Australian sharemarket is set for a flat start when it opens on Thursday after Wall Street closed steady despite earlier gains on new measures from the US Federal Reserve to boost the US economy. Wall Street was higher but fell in the last hour ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
With the market already pricing in 2.5% as the bottom of the cash rate cycle, Abby Macnish associate director with UBS expects 2013 to deliver a steady migration out of cash into fixed income, and then into equities as investor risk appetite continues ...

Advisers risk wasting 2013: van Eyk Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Instead of preparing for an onslaught of regulatory change, Australian financial planning businesses are in danger of wasting next year, van Eyk Advice has warned. 'Grandfathering' provisions in the federal government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A survey of the world's biggest pension funds and insurance companies has uncovered a reckless mismanagement of climate change risk, said a prominent economist. Yesterday the not-for-profit group the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AOPD) released what ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have hit a new high for 2012, led by gains by mining companies. At 1032 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.6 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 4,599.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 23.9 ...