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First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... of a wider rejig of its active asset allocation process. "The new process uses various economic and market signals to determine market valuations. Using this information, we 'tilt' our investments in a particular asset, within pre-defined ranges, depending ...

Van Eyk administrator optimistic of finding buyer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The future of van Eyk Research must be determined before the end of October but the stricken consulting and research firm's administrator remains optimistic a buyer will be found after receiving a number of expressions of interest. A committee of creditors ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The answers to our niggling questions - we got most of 'em last week. Like a well-scripted slasher thriller, we've got the thrills, the spills, chilling suspense and then at the end of the day... the good guy gets the girl and walks. Financial markets ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS will launch a lifecycle investment option next year, becoming one of the few industry funds to do so. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the new investment option will tailor its investment ...

van Eyk up for sale

ALICE URIBE, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Van Eyk administrator Trent Hancock of Moore Stephens Sydney Corporate Recovery Group is seeking expressions of interest for the purchase of the business and its associated assets. In a statement administrator Trent Hancock said: "The core business ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... duty brings with it a high risk of non-compliance, and they have depended upon the 'safe harbour' steps to help them determine what 'best interest' means.

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said the mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations ...

Van Eyk enters voluntary administration

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Van Eyk Research has gone into voluntary administration with Trent Hancock of Moore Stephens Sydney Corporate Recovery Group appointed administrator. "The company's decision follows the recent and sudden closure of the Blueprint Series of managed funds," ...

NAB prepares contingency plan if Scots vote 'Yes'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
National Australian Bank will seek to register its subsidiary Clydesdale Bank as an English company should Scotland vote to become an independent nation. NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said that in the case of a 'yes' vote, registration of ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... many training providers." It said that "ASIC has placed the onus on the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee to determine what training its representatives will need to complete to meet the training requirements." CPA Australia and Chartered ...