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Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
Australian bond futures prices are higher after the former Greek prime minister's comments that the nation could exit the eurozone prompted traders to move to safe-haven investments. In his first interview since leaving office, former Greek prime minister ...

SPAA: Last resort compensation scheme needed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
There is a convincing argument for the establishment of a last resort compensation scheme, according to Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia chief executive, Andrea Slattery. "Superannuation fraud affects ordinary Australians ...

FSC appoints Vanguard head to board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
John James, chairman and managing director of Vanguard Investments Australia has been elected as a director of the Financial Services Council to fill a casual vacancy. James replaces Brian Bissaker, former chief executive of Colonial First State Investments ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Say what? Now I'm not complaining - I'll take every little bit that restores market confidence - but I believe this chapter of the Greek tragedy isn't over yet. At least, until closer to, on the day, or right after the 17 June elections when the Greeks ...

AIA innovates around adviser feedback

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Life insurance specialist AIA Australia has enhanced its Priority Protection product, expanding the product range to include a superannuation income protection option that will allow advisers to offer clients insurance within super. The new Super IP ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps ...

Plan For Life predicts retail managed fund growth

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Plan For Life's recent forecast of the Australian managed funds market sees retail funds growing $425.9bn by the end of 2021. Retail funds, which had $511.1bn in funds under management at 31 December 2011, are tipped to grow to $937bn by 2021, including ...

CSSA: MySuper puts corporate super insurance at risk

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
CSSA: MySuper puts corporate super insurance at riskThere is a fundamental flaw in the assumptions being made by Treasury regarding what happens to a member's benefits when they leave a corporate super fund, according to the Corporate Super Specialist ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Didn't they already ban the running with the bulls in Spain? Ahh yes, my bad. The Spanish region of Catalonia only banned bullfighting, but approved running with them. For bullfighting kills bulls, running with them only kills... ehem, people. I was ...

Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Bank deposits are on the rise as challenging global economic conditions increase competition for more diversified and cheaper funding options. Ernst & Young analysed the 2012 half-year results of Australia's largest banks and found that deposits are ...