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Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The size at which a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) becomes a viable alternative to regular funds may be considerably higher than the industry currently estimates due to the impact of scale on performance. The industry typically advises that ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Only 2 economists out of the 57 in Bloomberg's survey and just 2 - perhaps the same 2 - out of 72 economist polled by Reuters got it wrong. Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European ...

MLC GM to chair community foundation, focuses on mental health

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The MLC Community Foundation has appointed Lara Bourguignon as its new chair taking effect from 1 April 2014. Established in 2008 as part of MLC, the wealth management arm of NAB, the Foundation provides support to Australian communities by investing ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Apart from last-minute end-of-month and end-of-quarter window dressings, this first day of the trading week should offer few surprises. It'll be a week when financial markets play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank ...

Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
A former finance broker has admitted to stealing the identities of former clients so she could buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the sale. Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, appeared before Sydney's ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
With one more trading day left to go, seems like Q1 would end... nowhere. There were some fresh data out of the US overnight but they provided nada direction for Wall Street. The third estimate of US real GDP growth was revised higher from an annual ...

Blue Sky acquires hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has acquired all of the shares in hedge fund manager Investment Science. The hedge fund has approximately $70 million in assets under management and a strong investment track record. Blue Sky confirmed that key Investment ...

British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The British government is proposing a radical overhaul of the nation's private pensions system and will introduce choice of retirement product and simplify retiree taxation structures. The proposals were announced in the British 2014 Budget that was ...

AMP Capital expands US and UK-based infra team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
AMP Capital has added to its global infrastructure debt team in London and New York as it looks to further fundraising. In London, Emma Haight joins the team as director from NIBC Bank where she was vice president in the project finance division and ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...