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Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Catholic Super has become the first investor in a new actively-managed AllianceBernstein Australian equities investment fund which aims to help investors in or near retirement. The Fund will form part of diversified investment options available to Catholic ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink has endorsed Australia's superannuation system in a recent letter to shareholders. As the world's largest asset manager celebrates its 25th anniversary, Fink's note highlighted the unpreparedness of ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Economics Committee conducting the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will present the Senate with "a widespread report that will include the industries' black holes and dark corners." The ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... leads to greater action. Most Australians are inadequately prepared for retirement, which is why we recently launched the Let's Save Retirement campaign to educate and encourage Australians to take control of their financial futures."

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... better-than-expected 1.1% last month after rebounding by an upwardly adjusted 0.7% in February (previously estimated at 0.3%). I'll let Reuters give you its take on this. "U.S. retail sales recorded their largest gain in 1-1/2 years in March in a decisive ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... point, Bishop exclaimed: "[That's] not your concern! The concern of shareholders and directors of Commonwealth Bank [sic]. Let the directors go to shareholders and explain that their dividend is going to be 10 cents less this year because of the incompetence ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... budget -- must be almost Budget time folks. It's big news here in this land "girt by sea" this April morn'. Australians, all, let's NOT rejoice! For the IMF discovered that "Australia has posted the fastest budget deterioration over the past six months ...

Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... became the source of investor rage - back in 2000, today they're mobile telecom apps/games, social media and biotechnology.A Let's call them "new techs". In his column on StateoftheMarkets.com, Chief Investment Officer at Heritage Capital Management ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... over a third of the superannuation pool. "The possibility of systemic risk associated with SMSFs is often not recognised, let alone addressed. That widespread lack of recognition is of itself a failing of the system," the submission stated, adding: "AIST ...

ATO initiative raises $640 million from wealthy Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... individuals' compliance booklet. Tax agent visits and forums such as the ATO Tax Practitioner Advisory Group and the online Let's Talk Platform are also used as a means to communicate tax obligations. "As a result of our compliance activities, we have ...