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Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Millinium Capital Managers' MSF Dividend Income Option has received an "A" rating from van Eyk Research in its Australian Equities Income Review. The Fund has been a stand-out performer in the Australian equity space, returning 39.2% over the 12 months ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
He's either really brave or truly spaced out after smoking some heavy stuff. One thing's for sure though, Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Australia Adam Boyton has made the headlines with his fearless forecast that the Australian dollar would be ...

S&P DJI eyes aligned advice groups with new role

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) is recruiting for a role as part of a move to tap into the aligned financial advice dealer groups with its exchange-traded fund (ETF) indices. Until now the bank-aligned advice sector has proved difficult for ETF providers ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is rising to the challenge of efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The changes to the deeming rules for account based pensions look likely to be passed by the Parliament this year, with SPAA warning SMSF trustees to be prepared despite the lack of available information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan ...

EISS switches custodians

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS) has appointed Northern Trust as its custodian, replacing JP Morgan. The appointment comes after what EISS chief executive Alexander Hutchison called "search and due diligence across the major custodians ...

Not-for-profit investors value non-alignment: Hamilton

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Non-aligned financial planners and wealth managers can use their independence as a selling point with not-for-profit foundations, according to Will Hamilton, chief executive of Hamilton Wealth Management. Hamilton Wealth Management recently won its ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
So there we have it folks, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has responded. The financial presses and commentariats may be calling the Japanese central bank's decision to expand its lending facilities a surprise but we know better, do we not? The BOJ must have ...

Challenger reports record annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Challenger has reported "exceptionally strong" retail annuities sales in the half year up to December, rising by a record 38% to $1.46 billion. Overall Challenger's retail and institutional sales reached $1.75 billion. In the retail space, 19% of annuities ...

DomaCom added to Lonsec platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Fund manager DomaCom has signed an integration agreement with Lonsec. The agreement puts DomaCom on the Lonsec platform opening the product up to a broader market of advisers and superannuation funds. "We are impressed with the level of interest among ...