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SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... sectors represented. Banks were by far the most popular equities, making up more than 32% of SMSF holdings, followed by materials (11 %), telecommunications services (7.8%), diversified financials (6.4%) and food and staples (6%). Banks also comprise ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... most recently he was national manager retirement at Colonial First State, where he produced retirement-centric research materials to assist advisers in producing goals-based portfolios for retirees. Before that, he held the role of head of wealth management ...

SMSFs continue hunt for information

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... interested in SMSFs the opportunity to network, check their asset allocations via its Pulse tool and access educational materials. According to the statistics, the most popular topics this year included how to gain long-term returns via equities, what ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... from 0.2), capacity utilisation (3.6 from 0.8) and an improvement in new orders (-1.4 from -3.5). On inflation, the raw materials price index rose to 18.2 in November from 13.7 in the previous month while the finished goods prices index jumped to 8.0 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... in the latest survey, recording an increase for the first time since December last year - largely due to higher raw materials prices (mainly fuel-related items). Singapore GDP Singapore's economic growth slowed to 1.1% in the year to September quarter ...

AMP Capital responds to ChinaAMC unitholder offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... "any other member of the AMP Group" had endorsed the offer; the RE has so far only seen "copies of certain marketing materials" distributed to brokers. The company requested copies of formal offer documents from ChinaAMC, but "that request has been refused." ...

Lonsec increases global exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... small part of the global equity market capitalisation and are predominately concentrated in the financials, energy and materials sectors. So it is important that investors look abroad to maximise the benefits from diversification and achieve a smoother ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... outcome of their allocation, focusing on C02 emissions, C02 avoidance, renewable energy generation, water treatment and materials recovery and recycling. He says this year's analysis shows the strategy continues to deliver a net carbon benefit to investors. ...

ING DIRECT pays up for "no fees" super marketing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... advertised. ASIC first raised concerns, which were confirmed by an internal company review, that certain promotional materials may have led customers to understand that the interest paid on their cash options would be eligible for ING DIRECT's highest ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... talk about feeding animals as like feeding Olympic athletes," Mooney said. "There's been lots of innovation around raw materials. Products like Novacq - where we are working with CSIRO to develop - if we can prove that up, once fed to prawns, it will ...