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AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
AXA Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated ...

New approved audit forms now available

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
APRA has released the Approved Audit Report Form for superannuation funds with reporting periods commencing on or after 1 July 2012. The regulator noted that the form has been revised to accommodate some strategic changes. These include removal of Part ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Institutional investors who focus their investment strategies too heavily on the 'great rotation' out of bonds and into equities are likely to be caught out by the inherent risks that still pervade the market, according to a new report from the BlackRock ...

New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Speaking at an industry briefing, Federal minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten has thanked the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) for its input in proposed rules regarding the provision of financial advice. The Institute ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
A new consumer centre designed to champion the rights of super fund members will be unveiled in July and if the founding committee gets it right, the centre could help Australians add at least $4 billion more to their retirement kitty. The Centre for ...

No fuss transition to 'no frills' super: Sunsuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Sunsuper's transition to MySuper was simple and easy, Sunsuper general manager of Product Andrew Nicholson said after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) granted the Queensland-based fund the first MySuper authorisation. "Our philosophy ...

VOFF slams MP response Trio Capital fraud

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) has criticised member for Thornsby Stephen Jones over his response to the Trio Capital fraud. Jones said in a WIN News interview on 11 February that he intends to present a Private Members Bill to Federal Parliament ...

Suggestions we don't support 12% CSG lies: Hockey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has been forced to clarify the Coalition's stance on the increase in compulsory superannuation contributions from 9% to 12% for the second time in a week. The Government pounced on a note in the parliamentary ...

Government gives tax certainty for deceased estates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, today released a draft regulation of Government measures to provide tax certainty to the beneficiaries of deceased estates. Investment earnings derived by superannuation funds from ...

Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
A community group has said it will back a candidate for the New South Wales federal seat of Throsby as a result of its claims that the Gillard Government ignored victims of financial fraud. Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) convenor Paul Matters told ...