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Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Paul Scully, finance author and long-time industry professional, outlined his views on the shape of the industry over the next decade, predicting bigger problems for platforms, some types of multi-manager strategies and some super funds. Scully, who ...

Infra bonds get conditional industry support

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... appropriate yields and credit spreads will benefit both the investor and the Australian taxpayer." But Mead said that the problem with infrastructure bonds is that investors have had mixed experiences with them. "Accordingly, PIMCO actively underweighted ...

Govt is longevity insurer of last resort

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... to do that," he said. He acknowledged that the potential increase of the SG from 9 to 12 per cent would help ease the problem but longevity still remains a key dilemma, and more has to be done from a tax policy perspective. Pauline Blight-Johnston, managing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, led by gains in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 14.8 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,415.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 16.7 points, or ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... take a look around them and see how far beyond the near-depressionary conditions of the past years we've come. Their only problem is that they can't wait to exhale.

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... after the 1990/91 recession ended. In 2001, the jobless rate went up and up 19 months after the end of recession. The problem we have now is that we're still waiting for the US Bureau of Economic Research to declare the end of the current recession. ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
A new report has raised concerns about the structure of self managed super funds (SMSF) as trustees potentially become unable to adequately invest and administer their retirement savings as they get older. The Financial Wellbeing in Retirement report ...

Motor Finance Wizard withdraws interest-free loans

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Motor financial services group Motor Finance Wizard, famous for its "Motor Finance Wizard said yes!" ads about interest-free loans, withdrew its ads following ASIC concerns they were misleading and provided some clients with "unaffordable credit". In ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... disinterested in their superannuation and always will be. "Telling people what to do with their own money will never solve the problem of poor retirement savings," he said, "only good advice and better education can do that."

SuperChoice teams up with Sage MicrOpay

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... superannuation choice paperwork and fund compliance. "Employers are frustrated with partial solutions that don't really solve their problem and are poorly integrated with their payroll software," he said. Peter Philip, chief executive at SuperChoice ...