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HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
HSBC will issue an international 3-year RMB bond, the first to be launched outside Chinese sovereign territories. The move dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore ...

SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Global sovereign wealth fund assets jumped 16% in the past 12 months to $4.62 trillion, with private equity assets in North America attracting special interest, reveals new research. According to the alternative investments research group Preqin, 57% ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
As budget cuts to public spending loom, wealth providers are warning the cost of aged care needs to be factored into retirement planning. "The likelihood of care and its associated cost needs to be recognised at the beginning of retirement, not when ...

APLs a potential minefield under FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
While opt-in may have attracted the most heated debate, lurking issues around conflicted remuneration may pose a bigger threat with the ACCC already involved, according to one asset management firm. Instreet Investment's managing director, George Lucas ...

Alphington wins corporate super mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Alphington Private Wealth is the corporate super adviser for SMEC Super Fund, after being awarded a $45 million mandate. Under the mandate, Alphington will work with SMEC Super Fund staff and management to deliver wealth management, consulting and financial ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
One quarter down and so far... so fantabolously fabulous. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Those of you who are omni-connected to your iGadgets would no doubt have read the news by now (nay, two days ago) about how Wall Street's two most watched indices - the Dow ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...

Mandatory FOFA start date confirmed for July 2013

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
The financial services industry has been given another year to implement the FOFA reforms, with the mandatory industry wide start date confirmed as July 1, 2013. Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten announced the proposed FOFA changes will kick ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
It really does pour when it rains. I'm talking about the pouring of positive economic and survey stats primarily out of America in recent months and the optimism it engenders in investors everywhere and the virtuous cycle that this optimism has started ...

Sentry advisers' new referral opps

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
Sentry Group Advice life risk advisers will soon have access to referral opportunities after signing up to a new real estate referral process. Real Estate to Risk Referrals Pty Ltd's (RERR) structured referral process, known as the Structured Referral ...