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Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Like a dog with a bone, financial markets have latched onto growth - or more precisely, the lack of it - and wouldn't let go. Wall Street remains in no mood for celebration even as America commemorated the day Christopher Columbus discovered their land ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund pays chief executive Adrian Orr considerably more than many of Australia's highest profile not-for-profit super fund chief executives. In its 2014 annual report, the NZ Super Fund revealed that Orr received NZ$791,462 ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Lack of hedge fund scale forced CalPERS to abandon the sector, not the inability of hedge funds to perform Last month the US$300 billion California public sector pension fund rattled global hedge fund managers when they announced they were cashing out ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Houston, we've got another one. Another one of those big falls on Wall Street - yup, those ones that almost always begs the question, is this the one (the start of a bigger correction) or another dip begging to be bought? This time it's the International ...

Paradigm acquires Melbourne-based practice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Melbourne-based advisory firm Paradigm Wealth Management has almost doubled its funds under advice to $350 million following the acquisition of independent planning practice, Portfolio Managers. The acquisition, which was completed recently following ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Coalition defeated a Labor motion to disallow the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation after it secured the support from Palmer United Party (PUP) and other crossbench Senators. Labor Senator Sam Dastiary's attempt to disallow ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
Low economic growth and wavering investment confidence in the wake of the global financial crisis has turned a stampede of investors onto the portfolio boosting benefits of income-paying investments. But understanding the many options available can ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The emerging markets investment landscape is best understood in terms of country blocs that perform similarly as the macro environment evolves, according to Investec Asset Management Global Strategist, Dr Michael Power. Power presented an analogy where ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has rejected the Financial Services Council's (FSC) proposal to establish a statutory, independent board to oversee advice, saying that there was no need for further regulation, with the mooted board simply "reinventing ...

Link Group to buy Superpartners

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Link Group is set to buy member administrator Superpartners from its industry super fund owners, AustralianSuper, HESTA, Cbus, HOSTPLUS and MTAA Super. The five funds today announced they would enter a heads of agreement with Link Group "for the provision ...