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Class Super launches browser-based platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... from desktops and tablets, is a step forward from its existing Windows application. Class Super's new chief executive David Smith said the new solution was a "complete, end-to-end SMSF solution". While the existing platform is cloud-based, it requires ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Equity-like fixed income areas and higher real-yielding sovereigns in developing markets can provide strong bond opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations ...

Credit Suisse and First NZ launch small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Credit Suisse Australia and strategic partner First NZ Capital have launched a new small-cap business. Credit Suisse Emerging Companies (Australia) will span equities and investment banking coverage, focusing on small-cap companies and institutional ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Acorn Capital has appointed Ben Dalling as a sector portfolio manager/analyst to the Australian microcaps team. Dalling, who will be responsible for the financials, REITs and industrials - capital goods sectors, joins the company from Citi where he ...

SPAA appoints COO with Olympic experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Jacqui Murdoch as its chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately. Murdoch established a management consultant company in 2006 that has won global contracts with the London ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Little more than two years ago, you wouldn't have to look very hard to find a 12-month term deposit paying you around 6%. But the hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve ...

BT announces upgrades to ageing Wrap platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
BT is building a host of enhancements to its 13 year-old BT Wrap platform, with the first upgrade expected in the coming months. In a market update presentation to analysts, chief executive Brad Cooper said the new integrated platform would transform ...

SPAA urges concessional cap rethink

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for a higher concessional cap and the accurate costing of superannuation taxation concessions in its submission to the federal government's May budget. SPAA also wants the government ...

Myer named top Australian family office

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Myer Family Office has been named the best family office service in Australia in the annual Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey. Myer took home the award for the second year running ahead of Goldman Sachs. The Myer Family Company ...

Australian operations boost GBST

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Strong Australian sales helped listed technology and data provider GBST's net profit after tax for the half-year to 31 December 2013 rise 87% on the same period the year before. According to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...