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SMSFs still under-invested in global shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors continue to overlook the diversification and growth benefits of investing in overseas shares, according to Insync head of research Marcus Tuck. While allocations have increased slightly, the latest figures for ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
While Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and re-join Mother Russia - and the tit for tat sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most ...

TAL takes over from AMP as biggest life insurer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
TAL has taken over from AMP/AXA as Australia's biggest life insurer after years of market dominance by the latter, research by DEXX&R has shown. The Life Analysis Report showed that TAL's in-force premiums for its total risk business had reached $1.87 ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will argue to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) that superannuation is now a mature contributor to the Australian economy and should be integrated into the nation's economy's macro management infrastructure. The ISA claim ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

BestEx enters joint venture with US trading firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Australian outsourced trading firm BestEx has entered into a joint venture with US counterpart TORA offering global trading services to Australia-based fund managers. Under the arrangement, BestEx clients will be able to use TORA's technology and international ...

La Trobe issues first mortgage-backed securities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
La Trobe Financial has priced its first capital markets residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) issuance as part of the group's overall funding strategy from domestic and foreign institutional investors. The issuance for the La Trobe Financial ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Social media usage by super funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among ...

PC calls for overhaul of public infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
The Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended a "comprehensive overhaul" of Australia's public infrastructure following the release a draft report on the topic. The report, which runs for nearly 600 pages, covers issues such as funding new projects ...

NAB and Deutsche Bank extend custody relationship

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
National Australia Bank Asset Servicing has won the Deutsche Bank custody contract after a tender process, taking over from previous custodian J.P. Morgan. Naomi Flutter, head of global transaction banking for Deutsche Bank Australia and New Zealand ...