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Propensity for foot shooting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... you? This year is expected to be better than 2012. The risk now is if fiscal and monetary authorities become complacent and let their guards down.

MLC removes managers

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Four Australian equities managers have been let go in a shakeup of two of National Australia Bank-owned MLC's investment strategies, the wealth manager revealed yesterday. Three new Australian equities managers were also appointed, with the changes ...

Jury out on AFSL uptake by accountants

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Moss. The draft regulation does not allow accountants to provide good enough advice anyway, Moss said. As it stands it would let accountants provide "financial product advice" on SMSFs, but it does not actually cover what areas of SMSFs accountants could ...

CIO and COO award nominations now open

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Following on from the 2012 inaugural Superannuation Industry awards for Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO), La Trobe Financial has announced that nominations for the 2013 Awards are now officially open. Organised by La ...

Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
ASIC has received complaints regarding the activities of Swiss Private Capital Ltd (Swiss Private) and their offers of interests in 'Aussie Super -Superannuation Fund'. Purporting to be a Dubai-based private investment firm with branch offices in New ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... or... (hopefully not) through to early 2013. I'm about as sick of writing about the cliff as you are reading about it. So let's turn our attention to something closer to home - this land girth by sea. Something that'll make you sick-er. Steen Jacobsen ...

CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Capital gains tax relief legislation for superannuation funds passed through the Senate yesterday alongside two other key pieces of reform. Unrealised gains or losses on revenue and capital assets incurred from 1 October 2011 to 1 July 2017 can now ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
It's a good day in the markets overnight and this is because... Let me hear you say it... optimism on the fiscal cliff. Yes, that's it. Tomorrow, we'll just change the word 'optimism' to 'pessimism' should the tape tell a tale of woe. I could stop here ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Australians all, let's be afraid... be very afraid. We are heading down Spain's path to ruin. This is the recent spook being peddled by Standard & Poor's - you know the one, the credit-rater who gave what later turned out to be rubbish CDO's and other ...