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Qld investors like it hot

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... retirement is a key question asked by financial advisers in determining an appropriate investment portfolio and financial plan. Queenslanders are also more likely to invest in Australian shares instead of international equities, with 46 per cent of growth ...

Macquarie takes first in full service broking

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Macquarie has been confirmed as the leading full service stockbroker for 2006 according to IRESS Market Data. Data released by IRESS shows Macquarie significantly leading all other competitors for nine out of the 12 months to the end of 2006. "During ...

S&P shows confidence in Fidelity

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
Standard & Poor's has shown confidence in Fidelity's Global Equities Fund after a restructure which saw the fund move from a multiple portfolio manager model to a single new portfolio manager, re-issuing a rating on the fund of Three Stars New. S&P ...

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

... Currency also contributed to the gains with the Euro's 10 per cent rise against the Loonie increasing the Canadian Pension Plan's foreign performance figure to a high 21.6 per cent. "Since the Canada Revenue Agency lifted foreign content restrictions ...

ACT Super to review investment in tobacco and nukes

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
The ACT Government superannuation fund has investments in tobacco firms, arms manufacturers, uranium producers and the gambling industry, it has been revealed. A list of stocks that the government super fund holds that was released by ACT Treasury revealed ...

ASFA targets extra super contributions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... to provide a savings structure and tools that will encourage younger Australians to become more engaged in their savings plan," said Philippa Smith, chief executive officer of ASFA. "The government has a golden opportunity to build on the solid foundation ...

Superpartners chief resigns

... became a better place when he took over. He has done a really good job," said Ross Bernays, chief executive of Health Industry Plan (HIP), one of Superpartners' major clients. The superannuation administration industry looks to be in the middle of a ...

Investors want cash from companies

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Investors want companies to start giving them more cash back, according to a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers. According to the results from the Merrill Lynch Global and Regional Fund Manager Survey 53 per cent of investors would prefer companies ...

Public companies could learn from private equity: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
According to Tyndall, private equity managers are providing a shining example to public company directors of the level of outperformance they should be aiming for, as equities returns look set to dry up in the second half of 2007. Tyndall's head of ...

Employers should give TFNs to super funds: Mercer

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Australians could be spared a hefty tax hit on employer super contributions if disclosure rules were amended so employers could provide super funds with employee tax file numbers, according to Mercer. As part of the new superannuation rules set to come ...