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SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... back, in addition there has also been a decline in asset values, so there's a multiplier effect," said Philip LaGreca, technical services director at Multiport. He said appetite for international direct shares is low because of the added currency risk ...

ANZIIF names new committee members

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... Solutions; Tiina Takolander assistant vice president at Credit Suisse Private Banking and Michael Davies, director of technical assessing and education director at AICLA all joined the Institute Academic Council. The council assists the institute's education ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... number of these trusts that they will not be able to rollover their debt," he said. "A number of them are already in technical breach in terms of their loan to value ratios. If it wasn't for the banking sector being as generous as it is, technically ...

SMSF trustee group closes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... least half of the SMSMA members," said Eason. SMSMA was officially launched in April last year to provide education and technical resources as well as advocacy for SMSF trustees. Bishell and Bill Banks, former SMSMA chair, could not be contacted.

Investors shift more money outside super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... investments outside of super to fund their retirement, said Centric Wealth advisers. According to Anne-Marie Esler, technical services manager at Centric Wealth which has $4.9 billion in funds under advice, the upcoming Henry Review, Cooper Review, changes ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... the March quarter. An unexpected 0.4 per cent growth in the first quarter prevented the country from posting its first technical recession since 1991. More recent data show the Australian economy continuing to improve. April retail sales and building ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The Australian share market inched higher at noon amid news the economy had avoided a technical recession. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 20.4 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 3975.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 23 points, or ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... chances are it would do nothing. What about tomorrow's National Accounts report expected to confirm Australia's fall into technical recession? There will be many who will be tempted to spin and interpret the result to all sorts of negative consequences ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... Similar to last year's conference, the program will be split into three streams namely Practice Development, Investment & Technical and GenXt. The GenXt stream has been specifically tailored around the educational and business practice needs of advisers ...

One in six DB funds in trouble: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... new capital whether that be from the share market or lenders. "If the assets fall below the statutory minimum level, a technical insolvency position will arise, triggering under SIS, a statutory rectification process involving actuarial oversight," said ...