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Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The fees charged by the funds management industry are simply too high and cannot be justified, a veteran international equities stock-picker has said. Dundas Global Investors (DGI) chief executive Alan McFarlane has more than 30 years' industry experience. ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

Taper talk - the finale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Superannuation funds offering 'green' or 'sustainable' investment options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is ...

Bad estate planning advice is getting clients in trouble

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... accountants prepare deeds, they need to make sure that they are "high quality, that the original is put with the lawyer in safe custody, the accountant has one, client another and that there are plenty of scanned copies."

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Australian shares are weaker as Wall Street volatility hits all local sectors. The miners are suffering the heaviest falls as gold and oil prices fell, Australian Stock Report senior equity analyst Benny Sada says. "The miners have taken a bigger hit ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Investors should prepare their portfolios for rising prices now, before the price of inflation protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding ...

LUCRF Super joins global calls to improve worker safety

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Bangladesh to sign the Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. Signatories to the Accord commit to the goal of a safe and sustainable garment industry for Bangladesh and agree to institute systematic reforms to protect workers. "We take our ...

ASIC acted only when claims hit "tsunami level"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
A former employee of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has condemned the fact that the regulator acted only when the volume of complaints "reached tsunami level." In a submission to the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance ...

Pre-retirees won't meet goals without equities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... pre-retirees need to have a far larger nest egg than ever before, they also need to take more risk to achieve it. "It's no longer safe to be conservative. Post-GFC, governments around the world are trying to promote risk by taking away the return on ...