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$18 billion super tax 'honey-pot' by 2020

BEN COLLINS | FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013

... Services Council (FSC) made 12 policy submissions to the 2013-14 federal budget, which it said are designed to reduce reliance on the Aged Pension and to alleviate pressure on the budget. After the submission was released, FSC chief executive John Brogden ...

LUCRF's new growth option targets lower volatility

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013

... markets than the typical superannuation fund. Rather than direct share exposure the 'Targeted Return' option has a stronger reliance on investments such as low risk infrastructure, absolute return strategies, credit instruments, loans, inflation hedging ...

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY | TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013

... proportion of baby boomers - around half - who don't expect to give up anything in retirement, especially given their expected reliance on the age pension. The survey also reveals a growing reliance on the family home to help close the retirement savings ...

New investment paradigm governed by science: Winton

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012

Underscoring the investment path less traveled by London-based Winton Capital Management is a reliance on a cadre of in-house research brainiacs to unearth more reliable returns. Its flagship managed futures fund boasts a 120-man team comprising a mixture ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY | MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012

... flush liquidity, the rise of a hungry institutional investor base locally, and regulators keen to loosen up the region's reliance on bank funding, Asia's bond markets - currently running red hot - are to expected maintain rapid growth in years to come ...

End voluntary contribution age limits: Suncorp

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012

... rates for workers aged 55 and over would certainly assist in boosting our national gross domestic product and reduce reliance on the Age Pension. "I believe that as Australians continue to have an active lifestyle, the choice of retirement should be ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012

... earnings of more than $25 billion underlying the healthy state of the big-four banks, Siviour remains wary of an over-reliance on a strengthening global economy, which remains problematic at best - especially with the fiscal cliff confronting the US ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY | FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012

... to a more vibrant corporate bond market, the ASX expects exchange-traded government bonds to also reduce Australia's reliance on offshore funding and exposure to movements in foreign exchange rates by mobilising greater domestic savings for investment ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012

... global economy were over-stated and would survive a possible hard landing in China. While many fear Australia's over-reliance on its mining industry, James pointed out that it accounts for little more than 10% of GDP growth while the financial sector ...

Outsourcing risk worries APRA

BEN COLLINS | FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012

... providers and countries. Technology outages are avoidable, and often the result of poor knowledge retention and a high reliance on third parties, said APRA, while also acknowledging that the number of high severity system outages (from a technology risk ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:13PM

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA | 12:05PM

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA | 12:03PM

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI | 11:12AM

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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