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Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Investors are allocating increasing amounts to cash despite falling interest rates, according to research by Investment Trends. Over the past 12 months cash deposits, including term deposits (TDs), have grown by 7%, reaching a total of $1.8 trillion. ...

Aussie shares best in a generation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Australian shares have outstripped all other major asset classes over the last 30 years, according to research by Vanguard. The passive investment specialist has illustrated the importance of remaining exposed to the market over the long-term with 30-year ...

MTAA launches individual advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Industry super fund MTAA will now offer a new limited personal advice service to its members. The service allows members to receive advice on their individual situation in areas such as contributing to super, transition to retirement, insurance and ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
With Treasurer Chris Bowen's campaign influencing declaration that a re-elected Labor government wouldn't make any significant changes to policy affecting the nation's superannuation savings still being digested by conference delegates, the Financial ...

Advisers warned to check pension start dates after new ruling

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Advisers have been warned to pay closer attention to pension start dates following a tax office ruling explaining when a superannuation income stream commences and when it ceases, and consequently when a superannuation income stream is payable and taxable. ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has formed a long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

'Business as usual' for Perennial despite legal bid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Fund manager Perennial has said its 'business as usual' despite a failed bid for $35 million in unpaid fees by three former directors. Executives Mike Crivelli, Anthony Patterson, John Murray and Kerry Series originally sold their 21.85% stake in Perennial ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
The upcoming start of the reporting season serves up an opportunity to short companies likely to post disappointing results, according to Pengana Captial market neutral portfolio manager Phillip Boustridge. Market neutral equity strategies combine long ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu has said Australian policy makers must remain calm about a weakening domestic currency if the economy is to manage its transition away from a focus on mining. Addressing delegates at The Bellweather Series, an ...