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APA gets HDF books

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... PPA in the absence of a superior bid, said Hastings. "Pipeline Partners Australia's offer is presently the highest value choice available to HDF security holders," HDF said in its 3 August ASX announcement.

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... current government set in motion to make financial advice more accessible" puts consumers at a "disadvantage, by reducing choice and diversity across the financial services industry," he continued. If elected, Cormann said his government would also go ...

AusSuper introduces new member risk framework

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
AustralianSuper has changed the way risk is described in investment options in an effort to help members make clearer choices based on their individual time frames. Modelling and consumer research was used as the basis for determining the most effective ...

Trust tax reform can be split

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... reforms together to provide more certainty for managed investment trusts, particularly because eligible MITs will have the choice of whether to enter into the new system." While concurring that a delay is beneficial if it produces a better outcome, the ...

Default fund listings unnecessary: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... entity picking service providers for their businesses," said Brogden. Once the MySuper regime is in place, enabling employer choice was the most critical element in improving the default superannuation fund system for key stakeholders, Brogden said.

OneVue names chief executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... self directed investors and great scope to create more opportunities in the advice space. "My role is about supporting choice for investors and at the same time creating opportunities for OneVue's key advice partners through the early identification ...

StatewideSuper re-signs Bravura

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... contributions from their employers directly into their fund but also provide their employers with the solution that allow member choice so they can sweep funds out to their external superannuation funds as well," said Jason Tong, chief operating officer ...

netwealth naked wrap slashes fees to 35bp

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Accelerator, it is priced extremely competitively and provides investors and advisers with much greater functionality and choice - not less," said Matt Heine executive director of netwealth. "Advisers and their clients have been asking for a real alternative ...

NAB launches margin loan product for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... obligations. "They can also set the initial level of gearing, with a maximum between 40% and 60%, based on the investment choice," he added. The combination of modest gearing levels and franked income streams means that NAB Super Lever transactions will ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... 2010 in US history were natural disasters being hurricanes and earthquakes. Their risk and investment managers have little choice other than to take the issue seriously. This is because these natural disasters have amounted to $138bn in insurance payouts ...