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Listed fund's shareholders approve merger

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Listed investment fund WAM Capital (ASX code: WAM) yesterday announced to the market that its shareholders had overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with rival Premium Investors Limited (ASX code: PRV). Both companies had unveiled merger plans on ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Australia might be worried about a hard landing for China's economy, but not many other nations seems to be. But it also raises the question about what is a hard landing in China? Even during the depths of the GFC, their (China's) economic growth dipped ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... from minus 0.4% (predicted in September) and 2013 to plus 0.3% from plus 0.5%. All because of... optimism on a cliff deal. Yes Virginia, it's cliff here, cliff there, everywhere a cliff cliff. I'm tired of writing about the cliff - as I think you are ...

Manual corporate actions processing costly: DST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Mistakes, delays and sub-optimal investment decision making associated with the manual processing of corporate actions is costing Australian investors millions of dollars annually. This was the missive delivered by Geoff Harries, global head of asset ...

Adviser permanently banned after eight year fraud

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC yesterday obtained court orders permanently banning a financial adviser after the NSW Supreme Court found she defrauded clients of more than $3.6 million over eight years. According to a statement from ASIC, the Court ruled that Melinda Scott would ...

Tough turkey for retirees this Christmas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
While the latest RBA rate cut is an early Christmas present to Australia's mortgage payers, retirees are in for a tougher festive period, says National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill. The Reserve Bank (RBA) cut the base rate to 3% yesterday ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Before fund fiduciaries push members to engage, they should first ask what the engagement is meant to achieve. In Australia to attend the ASFA national conference yesterday, Donn Hess, head of product strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management advised ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Super fund trustees should re-examine whether the levels of default life insurance cover offered by their funds meet member needs, according to specialist life insurer, TAL. APRA's proposed Prudential Standard SPS250 will require trustees to develop ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) yesterday announced the appointment of Brett Kenny to the SPAA Board. He brings a wealth of experience as well as knowledge about the organisation to this role, having been actively involved in ...