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AUI tips property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... proposal to create a $360 million property fund comprising commercial properties in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Perth. Investors will be able to vote via proxy or by attending a general meeting of investors on Friday 24 May 2013 ...

ASFA warns govt against Super raid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... reinvigorate the panic and knock consumer confidence in the system." Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the Per Capita forum in Canberra that the latest estimates pointed to a $12 billion shortfall in government revenue. The surprise drop was attributed ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... controversial of which capped tax exemption on assets supporting earnings of more than $100,000 a year, at a press conference in Canberra this morning. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said the changes would help stop the "panic in the community" and ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... period, we'll go about putting together reforms methodically and in a clear minded way," he said at press conference in Canberra. The roundtable discussion built on the superannuation reforms announced by the Gillard Government, which include increasing ...

AvSuper appoints Perpetual for a $75m equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... appointed Perpetual Investments for a $75 million Australian equities mandate. This is the first appointment that the Canberra-based superannuation fund has done in the last year and it is also the first time that it does business with Perpetual. "The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra. In equities news, Crown, Sims Metal Management and Transpacific Industries are due to post first half results, while ...

ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... Scholarships will be awarded to students who show a willingness to give back to their community as well as academic promise. Canberra-born Tuckwell is the founder of ETF Securities and is responsible for bringing the first gold and oil ETFs to the market. ...

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
All Australian political parties have been told to leave superannuation laws alone by the Financial Services Council, which said that the industry has 'had enough'. Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden this morning hit out at politicians ...

Distilling the 'why' unlocks social media success

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
It's impossible for financial advisers to be better connected to themselves, argues Canberra-based Matt Battye managing director of Complete Wealth unless they take the time to do what he calls 'distilling the why'. Speaking at the inaugural AdviserEdge ...

Email tops in social media stakes

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... with the ability to cross over between business and personal space. Research presented by keynote speaker David Rae of Canberra-based accounting and financial planning firm Beames and Associates suggests that email is also the social media form favoured ...