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Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found little evidence that 'emulation funds', designed to cut trading costs in multi-manager portfolios, outperform the funds they track before fees and taxes. Emulation funds are designed ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
You, I and Irene can bury our collective heads in the sand but we can't escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into ...

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JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we sit down with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to discuss his career to date and find out what he hopes to achieve in office. In particular, Senator Sinodinos reflects on the thinking behind the proposed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following a positive lead from Wall Street on Friday. The local market has started the day strongly, with both the S&P/ASX200 and the All Ordinaries pushing back above the 5200 point mark for the first time in more ...

ETF market has first fall in 20 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
The Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market dipped below $10 billion in January in what was the first monthly contraction in 20 months. Total funds under management in the local ETF market fell to $9.8 billion, having tipped the scales at $10 billion ...

A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Almost one third of Australians expect to experience a large financial shortfall during retirement, according to the MLC Retirement Survey. The report of 2,000 Australians shows that 31.7% think they will have a major shortfall, while a further 25% ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Have Wall Streeters' gone loco? This immediately came to mind when I saw Wall Street's reaction to the disappointing US jobs report for, more often than not, disappointment does not get a rise out of Wall Street. Perhaps it was a not an often day for ...

FoFA changes delay tax-deductible advice: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
The government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation are delaying the possibility of the implementation of tax-deductible advice, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll told Financial ...

Hamilton calls for stricter SMSF licensing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Stricter licensing rules would better protect investors from property spruikers and unscrupulous promoters of geared investment strategies within SMSFs, according to Hamilton Wealth Management's Ian Gillies. The Reserve Bank, Australian Taxation Office ...

Vanguard reshuffles Investment team senior executives

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... and growth as it has adapted to the increasingly globalised world of funds management," Vanguard chief investment officer Tim Buckley said. Vanguard managing director in Australia, John James said further that the appointments "demonstrate both the depth ...