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Thinktank launches LRBA loan service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Property loan specialist Thinktank has launched a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) loan for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The Thinktank SMSF Commercial Loan offers loan-to-value ratios of up to 75% and 25 year repayment terms. The maximum ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... 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 (ASFA), which represents all prudentially-regulated ...

ATO takes over SME super clearing house

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... small businesses, because it cuts down the time and paperwork involved in paying contributions to employees' different super funds." There are now 58,000 employers registered with the clearing house and the government is encouraging the other 700,000 ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Pair' television commercials. ISA deputy chief executive Robbie Campo told Financial Standard that "the bank-owned retail funds are seeking to stifle competition on the basis of net returns." Campo argued that the 'Compare the Pair' campaign informs ...

Praemium upgrades CRM planning software

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... place for easy access. Praemium administers in excess of 300,000 investor accounts covering approximately $80 billion in funds globally, and currently provides services to approximately 700 financial institutions and intermediaries.

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... their core objectives are, he said as he explained how DSM's $6 billion portfolio is 30% sourced from institutional pension funds, 25% from endowment funds and 20% from high net worth investors. In Australia this is reflected in the 96% correlation super ...

US retirement assets reach US$23tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... accounted for another $2.0 trillion. The employer DC market includes the US$4.2 trillion held in 401(k) plans of which mutual funds made up US$3.5 trillion or 60% of the FUM. Meanwhile, 45% of IRAs were invested into mutual funds. Target date or life ...

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... South Australia and chair of the PJC David Fawcett talked about "calculations clearly by people who are supporting retail funds where they show that a retail fund's performance for a given set of conditions clearly exceeds that of the average industry ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... for their employees. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, CBA said that "the process to select default superannuation funds within employment awards is unnecessary." Under the current system, employers choose a default superannuation fund from a limited ...

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
AMP Capital has made three of its funds available to retail investors for the first time. The funds are the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund, Australian Equity Income Fund and Income Generator. The first two funds have previously only been available ...