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UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Barclays cops $80,000 fine

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... Barclays Bank has been fined by ASIC for breaching the corporations Act and withdrawing $13.8 million of client segregated accounts money without authorisation. The corporate watch dog yesterday confirmed that Barclays had paid an infringement penalty ...

Mason Stevens appoints head of equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... around $1.8 billion of funds under management. Mason Stevens is an independent asset management firm which offers managed accounts, client-directed portfolio accounts and structured solutions. Chemello has previously held positions with ING Investment ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... country - eight times the world average. With 1.57 million Australians in the top 1% of global wealth holders, Australia accounts for 3.4% of this group, despite having just 0.4% of the world's adult population.

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... insurers and advisors," said Ethier. Other popularly requested product classes for advice were individual retirement accounts which ranked second and ETFs which ranked fifth. Clients looking specifically for fee-based products ranked ninth and hedge ...

AustSuper adds hedge IEq option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... most open in the industry fund sector, although compared to traditional retail offerings it's still limited. But managed accounts and low-cost retail funds offering direct share trading - allowing fund members to trade ETFs and gain exposure to global ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... from its April forecast of 6.9%) and 6.7% in 2013 (from 7.3%). A slowing China and Asia equals deteriorating external accounts in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's trade deficit widened to A$2 billion in August ...

SMSF industry hits back on 'rort' claims

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... The analysis does however point out that industry funds tend to have more young, low-balance members and possibly more accounts per member. Cole argues that all super members - whether in retail funds, industry funds or SMSFs are entitled to the same ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... and future super contributions to address sequencing risk. "It's a really important innovation to try and do individual accounts based on their own circumstances rather than pool everybody together," Merton said.

Bendigo Wealth launches SMSF admin offer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... partnership with SuperIQ. The offer termed SuperAstute has the capability to establish the fund's trust deed and linked bank accounts, monitor investments, monitor contribution limits and end of year audit and tax return requirements. Marketed at SMSF ...