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Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

Midwinter pairs AdviceOS with online accounting platform

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Midwinter Financial Services has integrated its recently launched AdviceOS financial planning software with online accounting platform Xero Cashbook. Midwinter said this combination of software "in the cloud" will enable financial advisors to oversee ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year ...

New index offers chance to invest like a billionaire

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
The launch of a new index opens the door for anybody to invest like the world's most successful wealth builders - billionaires. The New York Stock Exchange and iBillionaire have launched the iBillionaire Index, which tracks the blue-chip stock holdings ...

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
IOOF has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network, which allows the automation of fund transactions between different fund managers and distributors. Previously, platforms and funds were communicating exclusively by fax machine. Calastone ...

Perpetual and Thorney "instrumental" in OneVue IPO talks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
OneVue chief executive Connie Mc-Keage said plans to list the company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) were driven by Perpetual and Thorney after the two companies became major shareholders last week. The wealth managers invested $6.75 million ...

ASIC beefs up surveillance system

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
New upgrades to the Australian Securities and Exchange Commission's (ASIC) market surveillance system allowing the regulator to conduct multi-market supervision across futures and equities in real time are now operational. According to financial services ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Industry bodies have called on the Government to reconsider its repeal of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) in their submissions on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013. The LISC compensates individuals ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Half of all investors in infrastructure remain unconvinced that their fund managers' interests are aligned with their own, according to new research by alternatives research and data provider Preqin. Research released in the November edition of the ...

Henderson set for first fund launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Henderson Global Investors intends to launch its first fund to Australian investors by the end of the year. The Henderson Global Equity Fund is a concentrated portfolio, comprising around 30-40 equally weighted stock positions. It has been managed by ...