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FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... of whether or not it is good for them (according to Investment Trends, the historically low cash rate has done little to push SMSF trustees into new asset classes). The facts, then, go some way to confirming the caricature of Australia as a land with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is set for a positive start to trade, after a slight recovery in technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher. At 0750 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,428. In economic news ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should have stepped in to address what the association calls a "campaign of misinformation" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The Australian share market is slightly lower as investors wait for a catalyst to give the market greater drive. Investors are hoping for inspiration from US non-farm payrolls employment data for March, to be release on Friday night, or the announcement ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Ciobo's words dispel any potential confusion over the status of these amendments, demonstrating that Cormann's decision not to push the amendments through by the 'back-door' route of regulation has no bearing on the long-term plan of enshrining the amendments ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from international markets after data showed a pickup in US job creation. At 0812 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Two of the major superannuation industry bodies have used their submissions to the Financial System Inquiry to call for tighter regulation of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector. Both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian ...

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
In an era when many investment managers are engineering overly complex, multi-layered model-driven strategies, traditional managers focused on long term fundamentals are finding a receptive audience. "It's performance, performance, performance. It's ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... industry has an obligation to adapt these learnings and innovate." She went on: "What is needed now is a collective industry push to achieve greater customisation for default members, because nothing will improve retirement outcomes for Australians better ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... depending on how much more sanctions the G7 impose on Putin -- could fall into a recession. Then again, Russia didn't need any push... it was already headed down the recession path. Russia only avoided the technical definition of a recession thanks to ...