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Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... tendency for this September to succumb to the law of historical averages and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. But again, let me stress that while the financial media are having a field day blowing everything out of negative proportions, the underlying ...

Focus on member retirement outcomes

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... money and energy focusing on other funds returns? Why don't we focus on the members' returns instead, after fees and taxes? Let's publish that. Let's make that the centre of our efforts, and the centre of our default fund design."

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Horrendous! Terrible! Shockingly disappointing! These are just some of the adjectives the financial press quoting the analysts, quoting the economists, quoting the experts used to describe last night's disappointing US housing data. Latest figures from ...

S&P places CFS funds on hold

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has put two CFS FirstChoice funds 'on hold' following the uncertainty surrounding the future of 452 Capital. The ratings house has placed the CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Boutique Australian Share Fund and CFS FirstChoice ...

More workshops to prep for fee-for-service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... options, fixed fee or commissions (or a hybrid of both) "While commission served the industry well, it is time for it to be let go, the reason being that even though the majority of planners do a great job with comissions, the perception of planners ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Wall Street turned in another good performance last night! No one could be faulted for forming such a conclusion after reading the following headlines: "Stocks Rise on M&A Speculation; Treasuries Pare Gain, Oil Falls" - Bloomberg "Consumer sector lifts ...

Numero Dos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... And with Spot No. 2 goes all the extra trimmings. If you think the US had difficulty pushing China around when it was No. 3, let's see it try this time. Let's see the US threaten China with labelling it a "currency manipulator" once more. Beijing will ...

Australia's funds industry lacks leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
Australia's funds industry might lead the world in terms of government policy, but is badly let down by its poor leadership, said Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at asset consultant Towers Watson. Urwin, speaking at the Fund Executives ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Competition is heating up among local and international pension funds to tap Australia's direct property market - but investments still abound for opportunistic insto investors, said a global real estate fund manager. Ian Mackie, LaSalle Asia Opportunity ...

APRA warns on unlisted asset valuations

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
In a sign that unlisted valuations are still high on APRA's watch list, the regulator has written another letter to remind super fund trustees of the risks in unlisted investments and to watch their valuation practices. Retail super funds have traditionally ...