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Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
SMSFs' investments in exotic assets including art may be banned if the Cooper Review's recommendations go ahead - but one of the review's panelists, Meg Heffron, said art is still an option for investors, if they restructure their fund. Heffron, one ...

Telstra unveils defensive growth strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Telstra Super has launched a "Defensive Growth" investment option for members whose risk appetite may have lessened in the medium term, but want to participate in capital growth through growth assets. The option was launched on 1 July. The objective ...

Don't bank on broad themes: BTIM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Investors can't rely on broad themed-based strategies and should focus on picking the best stocks, according to one of the largest fund managers in Australia. Crispin Murray, head of equity strategies at BT Investment Management (BTIM), said the fund ...

Legalsuper attracts record inflows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Legalsuper attracted 52 per cent more non-employer contribution transfers from other super funds than in the previous financial year. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive at legalsuper, said the fund's total non-employer contributions had risen by 21 per ...

Cooper recommends info dashboard for members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Cooper has advocated super funds create a standardised plain English 'dashboard' for members that allow them to compare the risk of different investment options and find out the fees and costs of each option. Released this morning, the Super System ...

Ban insurance commissions in super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Commissions should be banned on all insurance products in super, including group risk and personal insurance, according to the Cooper Review's final report. Members can generally access insurance through super, and they continue to have cover without ...

Review reinforces power of fund scale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The importance of fund scale and consolidation were some of the key issues highlighted by the Cooper Review, but some players are skeptical on the need for mega funds. In the report, the review panel pointed out that "lack of scale" was one of the key ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Count Financial subsidiary, Countplus, has bought stakes in two more businesses for just under $1 million in cash and shares. Countplus bought a 25 per cent share in Melbourne-based Kidmans Partners, an accounting and financial services firm with a ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The government and large miners have negotiated a breakthrough compromise deal on the mining tax that not only keeps the broad structure of the tax in place but saves most of its benefits, especially the SG uplift. Driving the negotiations were Deputy ...