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Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have found that the number of promoters of illegal access of super schemes has increased and warned consumers that those who sign up face tough legal ...

Financial Simplicity powers Portfolio Express

... Advice generator and the option to route resulting orders back to the platforms for execution. Holdsworth said that they plan to incorporate more features in the coming months such as the option to re-balance set asset allocation. Based in Sydney, Financial ...

Being smart doesn't guarantee wealth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Smart people have better jobs, make more money, save more, invest more and end up richer than dumb people? Not quite, according to a report. An intriguing study from the US has confirmed what many of us probably knew but wouldn't openly admit: being ...

CFS ploughs $280m in Myer property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Colonial First State Retail Property Trust purchased, as part of a consortium, Melbourne's landmark Myer department store building for $605 million. The consortium comprises CFS, GIC Real Estate and The Myer Family Company. CFS will initially outlay ...

Super fund returns best in a decade: SelectingSuper

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Super funds look set to deliver their best performance figures in a decade, with not-for-profit funds again stretching their lead, according to the latest SelectingSuper report. Default investment options averaged 14.9 per cent for the last financial ...

Local investors still call Australia home

Australians are resisting the pull of emerging markets around the world after a new study found that 8 out of 10 domestic investors still hold Australian shares in their portfolio and the same number prefer to invest here than offshore. The findings ...

Stay out of residential investments: APN

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Investors should consider avoiding residential property in favour of more diversified property investments, according to Mike Doble, director of retail at APN Funds Management. Doble said that with low liquidity, accessibility and high entry costs ...

WRF taps demand for alternatives

WRF Securities has signaled its plans to be a major player in global property and alternative assets after it appointed industry stalwart Maurice Kluge to the top job. Maurice Kluge, formerly head of property funds management at Allco, was appointed ...

Macq Equities selects Praemium V-Wrap

Macquarie Equities has signed up to use V-Wrap, the new portfolio administration service launched by financial services technology specialist Praemium. A select number of Macquarie's planners and wealth advisers will now use V-Wrap following a successful ...

Canada next on PIS list

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Professional Investment Services (PIS) looks set to add Canada to the list of its overseas operations that already include New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Creating momentum for the latest initiative, called Project 500, PIS chief ...