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Contango appoints chief investment officer from UBS

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... this appointment has been most encouraging," he said. Boubouras was most recently chief investment officer at Equity Trustees and prior to that was CIO at UBS.

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... and predicted that in five years' time we will see many more drawdowns from SMSFs. The ATO report also shows that SMSF trustees are increasingly choosing income streams over lump sum payments. While total SMSF benefit payments have increased 59% since ...

Support for FICAP RockStar event swells

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... Ausbil, BlackRock, BT Financial Group,A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A BT Investment Management, Capital Group, Count, Equity Trustees, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton Investments, Henderson Global Investors, Hub24, Ironbark, KPMG, Macquarie, Magellan, Man ...

Spike in SMSF borrowing breaches

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... subjected to several rule changes since inception, my suspicion is that there has been confusion, resulting in some SMSF trustees thinking it was permissible to use their fund to borrow to overcome a short term liquidity problem - much like a small business ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... currently compulsory. "All workers should be entitled to superannuation payments," the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Any move to raise the exemption threshold would unfairly penalise low income ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are positive signs for trustees. Slattery added that increased surveillance of the SMSF sector by the ATO and ASIC is also a positive sign. "The other critical ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... facilitate the addition of new companies some rebalancing of the portfolio occurred, with the complete sale of Equity Trustees, Tox Free Solutions, SAI Global, AWE and Recall Holdings. The holding in Transurban was also reduced.

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... other investment options. "We value our relationship with REI Super, and we're very pleased to be reappointed to help the trustees meet their fiduciary obligations to their members," Ibbotson managing director Chris Galloway said. "Leveraging our capabilities ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Superannuation trustees need to actively prioritise implemented asset consultants that add value, according to new research by Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants. Deloitte surveyed six major consultants over the five years to 30 June 2014, using the Vanguard ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... divestment push is gathering pace, this time with 295 faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University has, however ...