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Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
If superannuation funds' investment performance is to be compared on an "apples with apples" basis there are several key points to consider, according to researcher Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... systems are in place to ensure quality advice," Medcraft said. "We are looking closely at how the largest banks deal with "bad apple" advisers. Adviser firms need to take greater responsibility for removing bad apples on an ongoing basis." In a wide-ranging ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... successful venture capital managers." He added, though, that the global success of technology companies - pointing to Microsoft, Apple and Google, three of the five biggest companies in the world - has helped make VC "one of the best investment asset ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has added Apple bonds to its DirectBonds Service, giving private investors, SMSFs and clients of financial planners their first chance to access the bonds. Like the 300-plus other bonds on the DirectBonds list ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Oh-em-gee! Australia, for sure and for certain, is in trouble now. Economic growth has slowed to a crawl - a mere 0.2% in the second quarter - and that 2.5% below-trend growth in the first quarter we've all been moaning about has fallen below-er trend ...

Insto investor acquires $236.6m US property

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... Bay area of San Bruno, California. The approximately 91,000 square metre property is not far from the area where Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech companies are located. "The US market is opportunity rich, and the combination of QIC's on-the-ground ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
The word governance only appears nine times in the Wallace report, but 48 times in the Murray report, and many more times than that in the Cooper report. "Everything gets blamed on poor governance," Herbert Smith Freehills and university lecturer Scott ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... lower after falls on Wall Street following a mixed batch of earnings reports and another big decline by technology giant Apple. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 5,623. Apple fell 3.2 per ...

Industry fears the Uber of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... if there is not enough margin they will automate its provision," BNP Paribas predicted. Technology giants such as Amazon, Apple and Google could break into the finance space, the report said. At the same time, financial institutions expect that investment ...

JPM appoints sales exec from netwealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... provides advisers with market and economic insights, and is supported with a guide to markets, available to advisers in both Apple and Android apps. "Alex's role in delivering intelligence from our market insights program to the northern region is critical ...