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Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Increased compliance burdens for self-managed super funds are fuelling a push into platforms, SMAs and wraps, according to MLC's general platforms manager, Anthony Waldron, and Arthur Naoumidis, managing director of Praemium. "(On) the two-to-three-year ...

Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
As the Federal Government commits $17 million in water saving devices for Scout halls across Australia, the water shortage crisis has been revealed as far worse than previously reported. Along with farmers, mining and other water-intensive industries ...

State Street rebrands ETFs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has re-branded its listed streetTRACKS series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the new global State Street ETF brand SPDRs. The re-branding is part of a global State Street roll-out that comes on the back of ...

Next signs with Bravura again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Next Financial renewed its contract with Bravura Solutions for two more years to supply the administration systems to power Next's managed accounts. Next Financial has chosen to remain with Bravura and renew the contract for the supply of Bravura's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Australian stocks had eased back at noon today after new highs were set locally yesterday and on the US market last night. Publishing and Broadcasting shares bucked the trend after announcing it would split its gaming and media interests into separate ...

Fixed income reinvented: Lehman

The fixed income sector is going through a fundamental "philosophical shift" as more investors demand absolute return-type fixed income strategies over traditional long-only products, said Jack Malvey, chief global fixed-income strategist at Lehman ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
AFS has acquired a 'strategic stake' The Salisbury Group (TSG) dealership, adding 30 financial planning practices to its books and expanding its Funds Under Advice (FUA) to $6 billion. The full extent of the increase is unclear, as AFS chief executive ...

Simpler super needs complex planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
Planners looking to help their clients make the most out of the Simpler Super reforms flowing from last year's Federal Budget had better get busy or they might miss the opportunities. Kate Anderson, head of technical services at Mariner Financial services ...

Advisers waiting for better SMAs: survey

Local separately managed accounts (SMA) providers have to offer more products and more features before SMAs could become mainstream, according to an Investment Trends survey. Research firm Investment Trends has finished the first part of a dual survey ...

NSW Govt to launch biodiversity fund

Private land owners and property developers are set to benefit from an innovative NSW Government scheme which allows both parties to address the biodiversity impact of any land development through a centralised offset and credit-based scheme. The brainchild ...