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IFM boosts admin support for growing asset base

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Global fund manager Industry Funds Management is dramatically improving its backoffice and asset coverage support after experiencing a strong 2500% growth in funds under management in less than 10 years. The fund manager will blend two SunGard products ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is calling on the government to revoke plans to ban off market transfers with particular concern that larger funds are not subject to the same rules. The government's Stronger Super reforms package includes plans ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Germany ratifies rescue plan, now for the rescue. With 523 'jawohls' to 85 'neins' and three abstentions, Germany's Bundestag approved the 21 July plan to increase the lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to a,-440 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the overnight trend of Wall Street. At 0630 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,020. In economic news on Friday, the federal government releases ...

APRA lays plans to improve super governance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will demand greater transparency on board selection, remuneration and manager selection and insist upon higher capital holdings among super funds. APRA, which is entitled to set prudential standards from ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
Now you can't say that you haven't been warned. As predicted, the hope trade went puff overnight. Wall Street and European equity markets ended lower last night as the rumours that littered the previous day's gossip mills proved to be lies - pure, simple ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after sharp declines on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,4005. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up 2.5 per cent. At 0652 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 105 points at 3,984. There is no economic news expected on Tuesday. In equities ...

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Some financial advisers and accountants that call themselves 'SMSF specialists' are ill-equipped to adequately advise on running a self-managed super fund - making them prime targets for litigation and causing reputational damage to the SMSF sector. ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
This might be it folks! The one we've all been waiting for - the catalyst, the contrarian indicator to end all contrarian indicators. It's all over the news. No, it's not the credit ratings agencies' - which seemed to have been trigger-happy these past ...