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Retire mortgage debt with super: CPSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... tenure being paramount to older people, CPSA research and policy officer, Amelia Christie, said paying down mortgage debt via super is an important financial move. "Current Age Pension payment rates are not enough to be able to adequately pay rent or ...

Upside from frontier markets untapped: Feriani

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
When the tide turns on an economic climate that cultivates negativity, a lot more investment will find its way to a basket of frontier markets currently overlooked by emerging market index providers. That's the view of Dr Slim Feriani, chief executive ...

netwealth launches global trading on platforms

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... launched an international securities offering that gives access to securities listed on 10 global exchanges to retail investors via its Wrap and Superannuation platforms. The offer allows the investor to purchase any of the underlying shares that comprise ...

Most funds to offer default IP for MySuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... encouraged to see there will be greater scope for protecting the most important asset of many Australians - their working income - via default income protection insurance."

Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Exposure to attractive food, resource and agricultural valuations can be achieved by investing in water as an asset class, said Tyndall AM. "Where there is a simple demand imbalance you are giving yourself a chance to participate in capital growth," ...

Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... quarter. Despite this, Noble said the survey indicated a high percentage of advisers would increase their current allocation via managed funds in order to capture income with a reduced level of risk.

Indexing reaches all time high

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... although indexing is still overwhelmingly a wholesale play, despite managers of indexed assets accessing retail investors via platforms. "Volatile capital markets pushing trustee boards to change their attitude to investment risk is expected to act as ...

AIA appoints national manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... continues to implement structural changes announced in late 2011. The changes include providing more holistic support to partners via the group's client development managers, and an increased focus on assisting them to grow their businesses.

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... range of activities, which suggests that institutions wishing to shift some of these outside the "regulatory yoke" could do so via structuring of business arrangements. Notably, Davis said, "there is no discussion of whether there might be any merit ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... taken a stake in one of South East Asia's fastest growing e-tailer, Lazada. The investment for an undisclosed amount was made via Lazada's controversial German owner, Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet GmbH is an online start-up company that clones successful ...