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Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

Westpac to launch more structured products for SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Westpac has flagged plans to launch a number of structured investments over the next 12 months, starting this month with the release of self-funding instalments (SFIs) designed for SMSFs. SFIs are ASX-listed products that allow investors to buy shares ...

Future Fund returns 7.5pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Future Fund has posted a 7.5 per cent return in the year to December, with the performance attributed to more investments towards equities and alternatives, and continuing reduction in its debt and cash holdings. According to the fund's December ...

ACFS names award finalists

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Aviva Investors, Australian Ethical Investment and Colonial First State are among the fund managers in the running for this year's MFSS 2011 Investment Stewardship Award. The award, hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) and sponsored ...

Ratings firm expands fund coverage

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
Investment research house Morningstar has started its closed-end funds (CEFs) analyst coverage of 30 individual funds, with plans to expand its qualitative analyst research reports to listed investment companies (LICs) in Australia. As part of the coverage ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

HOSTPLUS cooks up a competition

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
HOSTPLUS turns up the heat on low chef apprenticeship figures and promotes the cooking industry through its own master chef competition. HOSTPLUS has launched a national cooking competition, 'Cook For Your Career', which the industry fund said will ...

ARIA boosts property sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
The $18 billion government fund ARIA is improving the sustainability of its properties as part of its efforts to mitigate the risk of climate change on the fund's portfolio. The fund said "climate change and energy, food and water security present an ...

US leading lights report Q4

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
Fourth quarter earnings results from some of the investment industry's biggest names have been the focus of Wall Street this week. Goldman Sachs was the center of attention yesterday after its quarterly profits dropped sharply, but its investment management ...