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Zenith approves six new 'unconstrained' bond funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Six fixed interest funds have received ratings in Zenith's new 'Unconstrained' category. Three funds received Zenith's 'recommended' rating: GAM Absolute Return Fund, Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund and JP Morgan Strategic Bond Fund. The remaining ...

SPAA calls for reduction in SMSF levy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office's (ATOs) annual levy on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) should be reduced in the May budget, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). SPAA's senior manager, technical and policy ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at whether longevity insurance is the key to making retirement funds go the distance. We also investigate why the much-vaunted Asia Funds Passport might not get off the ground andA we speak to MetLife ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Asia Funds Passport will never get off the ground because the majority of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. ...

EQT Global Equity Fund on BT Wrap and Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... market cap of US$1 billion. It is managed by Edinburgh-based Dundas Global Investors and distributed in Australia by EQT. EQT Funds Distribution national sales manager David Myers said that over the past 12 months there has been a clear increase in the ...

New laws target promoters of early release schemes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... illegally accessing their superannuation before the preservation age, often involving the improper use of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). While the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) (SIS) Act already stipulates when early release of funds is and ...

Media Super CIO departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... consultant and an active, experienced Investment Committee in managing the investment portfolio." Media Super has $3.7 billion in funds under management, and almost 110,000 members

Industry overestimates amount needed for retirement

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... retirement savings industry that most people must save more retirement than they currently do. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is one of the most vocal advocates of this message in the Australian market. Back in January the ...

Insync Fund Management appoints senior analyst

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... investment officer, Monik Kotecha. In his 16 years in the financial services industry, Patel has received experience in funds management, covering international stocks and managing both long and short equity portfolios. Most recently, he was the managing ...

Ray King added to Ashington super fund court case

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... collapse of Ashington property group in 2011. Ashington founder Craig Anderson, through his company Mapeline, is suing super funds Sunsuper, LUCRF, HESTA and Military Super over the alleged breach of an agreement. Anderson has claimed as part of Ashington's ...