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Stan Life Inv GARS added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies Australian Trust is now available via the Macquarie Wrap platform. Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) is a multi-asset strategy, which aims to provide positive returns irrespective ...

Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Australia will be one of the countries most impacted by the seismic shift which will put Asia at the centre of a new world order. That is the opinion of the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... without professional advice, noting that both can lead to good and bad outcomes. One submission suggested that there may be merit in restricting the sale of some types of products to sophisticated investors as defined in the Corporations Act 2001. In ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Ratings agency S&P has been denied leave to appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of 91 council, charities and church groups which lost at least $180 million when AAA-rated investments went sour in the wake of the global financial crisis. The judgement ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Westfield Retail Trust's main shareholder, UniSuper, has likened a $70 billion restructure of shopping centre assets to getting the wrong piece of fruit. UniSuper, which holds an 8.5% stake in WRT, has opposed the restructure of assets that are jointly ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... bank owned super funds can exploit business banking relationships to sell their super products and avoid any independent merit based assessment of superannuation products." She went on: "The banks' preference for a 'free for all' where bank employed ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... suited for overseeing the selection process." In response, ISA chief executive David Whiteley said that "seeking to halt a merit based assessment of default super products follows on from the banks' failed efforts to wind back financial advice laws and ...

ISA 'deeply concerned' over banks' MySuper campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... filter". "The default fund system must act in the best interests of Australian employees. Central to this is a transparent, merit based quality filter that ensures only the best funds can become default funds," he said. "The major banks oppose a quality ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... inevitable that the preservation age is lifted in line with a higher retirement age, there may be a need to consider the merit of early release provisions for those in genuine need who meet specific criteria to determine involuntary retirement," Garcia ...

AMP Capital launches new adviser research tool

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
AMP Capital has launched a new online resource centre to help financial advisers have more meaningful investment conversations with their clients. Sitting on AMP Capital's website, the Adviser Resource Centre provides financial advisers with easy access ...