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Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... ahead. The reason perhaps take us back to where we started, the political uncertainty that's started with the assassination of Kev back on 24 June 2010 and the ending (?) of him yesterday. The table below shows the relative performance of the All Ords ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Now that Greece has again been relegated to a mere afterthought, the latest PMI update from Markit Economics reminded all and sundry that, Greece bailed out or not, a recession is still waiting in the wings in Europe. The Markit Economics preliminary ...

SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has announced the winners of its 2011 awards series at its national conference held in Sydney. The Chairman's award for most outstanding contribution by a member to SPAA and the SMSF ...

Electronic trading reduces risk for fund managers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Australia is now successfully processing electronically traded managed funds. Independent network provider Calastone made the announcement this morning following a local pilot program involving platforms, custodians and asset managers including Aberdeen ...

AMIST Super appoints new CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
James Thomas has been appointed to the role of chief executive officer for AMIST Super, the $1.2 billion meat industry fund. The previous CEO of AMIST Super, John Livanas, resigned to take over as chief executive officer of State Super on October 24. ...

Equity Trustees appoints director

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
Kevin Eley has joined the board of Equity Trustees as non-executive director. He will also become a member of the audit and compliance committee. Currently, Eley is a non-executive director of HGL Ltd and Kresta Holdings. From December 1, he will also ...

ANZ buys 100% of Linwar Securities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
ANZ Banking Group has purchased the remaining 50% of Linwar Securities in what the bank said was a natural progression for the company. ANZ already held a 50% stake in Linwar through its 2007 acquisition of E-trade, which bought the stake in Linwar ...

SMSF cloud solution launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
A new cloud based, self-managed super fund business solution designed specifically for financial service providers has been launched. Superfund Wholesale is an automated setup and administration service for self managed super funds (SMSFs) designed ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Change is the only constant. Many of you gentle readers would have noticed the change in my stance these past few weeks - not overnight as reader Paul accuse - over the state of the global economy and financial markets. Let me explain why am not in ...

New property fund built for average earners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Public offer superannuation fund, TIC Super, has launched a new residential property fund targeting middle Australia. The TIC Diversified Australian Residential Property Fund (DARP) aims to provide low risk exposure to property investments for people ...