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SMAs champion tax time efficiency

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
Separately managed account (SMA) provider Direct Portfolio Services is axing brokerage for a limited time on all funds invested in its products to incentivise investors in the countdown towards the end of the financial year. Hoping to educate investors ...

Govt outlines credit reg reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
In a major step towards reforming regulation of credit products, the government has released a green paper outlining how the States could transfer powers over mortgages, mortgage brokers, margin lending, non-bank lending and trustee companies to the ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Australia's largest publicly listed companies meet most best practice guidelines for corporate governance even though full independence remains a major challenge. "Overall the corporate governance structures for the top 20 companies by market capitalisation ...

Decarbonised mandates by 2030

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
The global investment landscape 20 years from now will be largely influenced by carbon emissions control - making long term mandates the key to better, stronger returns. Forecasting a low carbon economy by 2030, David Klug, senior asset consultant at ...

Lehman realigns to focus globally

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
Lehman Brothers has shifted to a global fixed income management strategy forcing them to abandon their Australian focused funds. "We will no longer be managing Australian based fixed income assets for our clients," said the firm in a statement. "[However] ...

Pensioners power unplugged

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
The angry reaction of pensioner groups to last week's Federal Budget highlights how crucial superannuation will be to taking the fiscal edge off aged care benefit entitlements. The government, seemingly caught offguard by the criticism, has said a review ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
Investment guru Burton Malkiel, author of the acclaimed book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" has identified raw material stocks, inflation-linked securities and the emerging markets as the prime asset classes to invest in. Speaking at a Vanguard investor ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The reforms to the private health insurance rebate and the industry reaction to it should be studied by everyone in wealth management who seeks to influence government policy. A furious health insurance industry came out fighting yesterday after the ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
A governance review of super funds by APRA has found that while decisions by not-for-profit funds are driven by their trustees, it's senior executives who initiate most of the key decisions in retail funds. "Retail trustees have fewer directors, shorter ...

BT Super for Life wins clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group's online super product, BT Super for Life is gaining traction, with almost 100 new customers signing on each day. A BT Financial Group spokesperson said the unique online banking and super integration in addition to its simple functionality ...