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CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Venture capital and private equity fund managers face the prospect of missing out on high-scale superannuation asset allocation mandates if the sector continues to charge "outperformance" fees despite non-performance. In the world of superannuation ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The costs of operating and administering superannuation funds have increased despite savings made through economies of scale, data from Deloitte shows. The audit, consulting and advice giant said that costs per member broke the $150 mark for the first ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
It was bound to happen, didn't it? We've come full circle to the spooks that haunted through most of last year. Two weeks ago it was America and fears of Fed unwinding. Last week it was Italy and scares of a European debt crisis flashback. This week ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Vanguard has reduced the headline cost of its All-World ex-US Shares Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from 0.18% to 0.15%. According to the index fund specialist, the management expense ratio on the product has fallen by an average of 10 basis points ...

Three new GMs at ipac

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Three new general managers are set to join ipac's state based advice businesses, it was announced today. Eric Gibson, Nick Brinkworth and Craig Weber have been appointed as general managers of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria respectively following ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Phew! We got passed that air pocket so easily, didn't we now? Equities are once again flying high. Never mind the still inconclusive Italian elections because judging from last night's Italian bond auction, financial markets aren't really that scared. ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Wall Street dropped big time overnight. Thank goodness for that. The S&P 500 index closed 1.8% lower last night. This is the biggest daily fall since the 2.4% drop registered on 7/11/2012 - the time when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Huh? Was that it? Was that the correction we had to have? To borrow from Neil Young, "My my, hey hey," seems like rock n' roll is here to stay 'ey? You know what I mean. It's the S&P 500's big back-to-back corrections on Wednesday (down 1.2%) and Thursday ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
A start-up online investment community designed initially for Baby Boomers has won a surprising number of GenX and GenY clients, suggesting a broader market of investors keen to swap their investment know-how online. Melbourne-based SelfWealth is an ...

ASIC slaps biggest fine ever

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Financial services watchdog ASIC has handed out a record fine of $500k to a man who ran a $30 million scam targeting SMSFs. David Hobbs of Nelson, New Zealand, who was described as the "mastermind" behind more than a dozen unregistered offshore managed ...