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Future Fund posts higher returns, chairman warns of volatility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australia's Future Fund has posted increased returns on the past year while chairman David Murray has warned that the new global debt crisis could take 20 years to resolve. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund posted a 12.4% return for the ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
A proposed law that would impose taxes on super fund assets following the death of the member could save beneficiaries money if they made full use of anti-detriment tax rules, an industry conference heard yesterday. Anti-detriment deductions can in ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... for interest rates in its policy statements since the GFC to "at least through mid-2013" after last night's FOMC meeting. Yes folks, the fed funds target rate will remain at between 0 and 0.25% for two more years. "The committee currently anticipates ...

VicSuper nabs three sustainability awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
VicSuper has landed three awards in the ninth annual ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards, including best report in the financial service sector. Global accounting body Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) announced the winners yesterday ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... just as well that I had softened the blow with a couple of cognacs, when a buddy alerted me about the news alert on his iPod. Yes, sad life isn't it? Not one to readily accept what is twittered, I logged onto Standard & Poor's website and sure enough ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The impending loss of trailing commissions for managed funds has made listed investment companies more attractive by leveling the playing field, an industry insider said yesterday. John Robinson, chairman of Global Mining Investments (GMI), a listed ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... to take a contrarian stance. Speculations of a US double-dip are premature at this point. Just look at the US yield curve. Yes, correct! It's still positive. Based on the data I have available (since 1970), American recessions have always been preceded ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon as they made up some of the ground lost on Wednesday, buoyed by a positive session on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.1 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,333.9 ...

Tax rules set for TPD insurance deductibility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Proposed amendments to superannuation tax law will make it easier for self-managed super funds to work out their tax deductions for insurance, an SMSF expert has said. The draft legislation, released yesterday, specifies how much of the premium for ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Funeral provider Invocare could provide a good non-cyclical stock to hold in a falling market, a CMC Markets analyst has said, while financial advisers faced with worried clients have been told to get back to basics. Australian stocks have been in rapid ...