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Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... global stage, this is not the case. "Our research reveals when the Australian approach is compared to countries with world-class retirement income systems, the after tax retirement benefits provided to Australians are lower than five of the eight countries," ...

Alternative funds delivering: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Research house van Eyk said yesterday that the better alternative investments funds are successfully protecting investors from falls in equity markets and diversifying portfolios. van Eyk has just released an additional 10 fund ratings in the Alternatives ...

Anova wins tech industry recognition

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
DST Global Solutions' Anova investment data software has been named 'best-in-class' in the CEB TowerGroup Wealth Management report. To compile the report CEB TowerGroup collected qualitative and quantitative data from interviews with industry experts ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
New claimants will participate in a class action brought against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the sale of complex debt instruments by Gloucester Shire Council in NSW and self-managed superannuation fund Clurname in the Federal Court last ...

NAB Asset Servicing awarded new contracts

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... a Sydney based specialist investment firm focused on providing consistent positive returns to clients across multi-asset class investments, currently has in excess of $600 million under management. Fitzpatricks Private Wealth is a national advisory and ...

Super concessions cost $32bn in 2011-12

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... September it will do so for only 12 months. Tax expenditures are defined as a benefit that applies to a specific activity or class of taxpayer relative to if it was taxed at normal rates. While superannuation tax concessions as a share of total tax expenditures ...

SFG appoints CIO for Mosaic

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Zurich Financial Services Australia's former head of investments has joined SFG Australia as chief investment officer of its portfolio construction business. SFG Australia said today that Matthew Drennan, who was executive general manager of investments ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Insurers will re-examine their allocations to fixed income assets in 2013 as low interest rates put pressure on profitability, according to BlackRock's global insurance outlook. David Lomas, head of BlackRock's financial institutions group, expects ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has mandated two new fund managers following an extensive restructure of its $1.1 billion Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund ...

Trapnell rejects 'no way out' stance by licencees

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
You can check-in any time you like but you can never leave: Synchron director Don Trapnell has used the immortal lines from the classic 1970s Hotel California hit to reaffirm his rejection of licensee heavy-handedness dealing with advisers who want ...