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First transaction takes place on ASX mFund service

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The first transaction of using the ASX's much-anticipated managed funds settlement service dubbed mFund took place this week, just ahead of its official launch in Sydney today. APN Funds Management and Bell Direct were the first participants. ASX senior ...

Age Pension to rise to 70 by 2035

MARK SMITH, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has confirmed that he plans to raise the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 by 2035 in the upcoming Budget. Confirmation came in an interview with Alan Jones on 2GB radio in which the two men were discussing the Commission of Audit's ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Phew! That was close. No Virginia, we didn't hear this sigh of relief from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi yesterday, but we would have had the Fed's policy announcement and America's first quarter GDP growth update not drowned out the ...

netwealth to launch managed account service by Q3

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
netwealth is developing a comprehensive managed account service with plans to launch it in the third quarter of this year. The service will sit as another investment option within netwealth's approved product list (APL) and it will be available through ...

Legal action on cards as FWC denies FSC requests

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected the Financial Services Council's (FSC) call for a hearing on the validity of the expert panel as well as its request for a one week extension on MySuper applications. In response to this decision, the FSC ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Investment consultant Towers Watson has thrown its support behind smart beta approaches to investment, recommending institutional investors revisit their equity strategies to incorporate the lower cost products. In a new publication, Global equity investing ...

Not too late for super to start on big data

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
It's not too late for superannuation funds to start using big data to understand their members' needs, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia wrote in a recent blog on his LinkedIn profile. "What do footy ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

AustralianSuper markets ME Bank products to members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
ME Bank largest shareholder AustralianSuper is marketing a bank product through promotional emails to its members. In an email sent to AustralianSuper members last week, the superfund specified that it does not receive commissions as a result of its ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
If Mike Baird becomes the new Premier of New South Wales, the privatisation of the state's electricity distribution infrastructure - the 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment ...