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SIV interest wanes after rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... investment in residential property is one way to interest could be increased. "Allowing residential investment could provide a spark, provided there are control measures to prevent 'passive investment', such as buying and holding housing. "Real property ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
ASIC's updated fee and cost disclosure requirements for superannuation funds have sparked controversy among industry stakeholders. The regulator released Regulatory Guide 97 Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements, which includes a ...

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
How superannuation funds meet the constant need to fund longer member retirements is presenting significant challenges for executive teams in board rooms across the country. Apart from ongoing regulatory reform there are other forces at play which are ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Iron ore prices have tried to get back up twice this year, only to be knocked back down each time. After dropping to a 10-year low of US$46.70 a tonne back in April this year, the price of iron ore rallied by 40% to US$65.40 a tonne by mid-June only ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year named

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
David Reed from The Retirement Advice Centre was presented with the 2015 AFA Adviser of the Year Award at the close of another successful national conference in Cairns. At the same time, Kearney Group took home the coveted Practice of the Year Award. ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
"Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air... Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r..." -Joey Scarbury It's tampered with, it's falsified, it's a fabrication, it's embellished! As sure as night follows day, these howls of protest come when China reports growth ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Another Monday, another sell, sell day. This time the media - social or otherwise - are calling the sharp drop in the Australian equities market yesterday a "Horror Monday". It wasn't as bloody as that "Bloody Monday", 24 August, when the benchmark ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
It's back! And it's good! Yes Virginia, the "bad news is good news" trade is back on. It's risk back on as China's bad -- very, very bad, trade data sparked hopes of further stimulus and Fed lift-off delay. As 'The Guardian' reports, the latest trade ...

OneVue appoints RI services head

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... at Fundhost, E-Trade Australia, Credit Suisse AM, Westpac, Perpetual and Abbey Life. Another recent appointment is Jamie Spark, who has joined the firm as a relationship manager in OneVue's Melbourne offices. He joins OneVue from Clime Investment Management ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... strong all over, there's still financial market volatility and China to worry about. A whip of a September lift-off air could spark renewed market volatility. Then there's China. Last Friday, Moody's reportedly slashed its China 2016 growth forecast ...