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Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... recommendation that SMSFs be banned from investing in 'exotic assets', such as collectables. The final Cooper Report recommended a ban on collectables in SMSF and proposed a five-year transition period to dispose of existing collectables and personal ...

Sovereign keeps overweight to distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... from small US-based companies. Ray King, managing director at Sovereign Investment Research, said the consultant has recommended clients hold an overweight position in distressed debt over the past three years, especially private equity distressed debt ...

Brakes on new hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... billion per annum in inflows from 2002 - 2007." Lonsec's review covered 16 funds. Four received the firm's 'highly recommended' rating including the BlackRock Scientific Global Markets fund, Aspect Diversified Futures fund, Man AHL Alpha and Winton Global ...

Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... versus reward or the best investment mix. If you are providing these services, you are doing the bare minimum." She recommended that super funds evolve from supplying analytical tools to building communities. "It's easy to dismiss social networks as ...

Vanguard tops LPT sector review

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia's locally listed property fund has beaten 18 other funds to be rated 'highly recommended' by Lonsec as the sector struggles with divergent performance results and high staff turnover. The firm's 2010 Australian Property ...

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... super fund grows to $350 billion, the average size of a super fund by 2035 based on Treasury projections. The review recommended new capital requirements should be introduced and that legislation should define the minimum and maximum operational risk ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

Cooper recommends info dashboard for members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... this morning, the Super System Review has honed in on improving transparency in superannuation. The review panel has recommended Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) develop reporting outcomes that can be overlayed with existing accounting ...

TFN should be member ID: Cooper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Cooper Review has recommended tax file numbers (TFNs) become the primary super fund member identifier to improve member processing and make it easier for them to switch funds. The set of reforms called "SuperStream" is designed to improve back office ...

Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... three years, following poor financial market performance due to the GFC. Since then, the actuary of Qantas Super has recommended "the additional funding plan remain in place but with the extra contributions by the Company, under the additional funding ...