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FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Some say that SMSFs like to invest in what they are most familiar with. But also SMSFs tend to use cash as a strategy to "park their funds while they wait for the next investment opportunity," Saiz says. However, in the minds of many SMSF trustees this ...

Port of Newcastle leased for $1.75bn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The NSW government has leased the Port of Newcastle to a consortium of investors including the Chinese government, for $1.75 billion. The consortium is comprised of Australia's Hastings Funds Management and China Merchants, a Chinese state-owned corporation. ...

Altair AM joins HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Altair Asset Management's Income Portfolio and Concentrated Portfolio are available on the HUB24 investment platform. "The HUB24 platform is ideally suited to our [separately managed account] SMA strategy given their broad dealer group coverage and ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Northern Trust hires from within for global head role

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Fund administration provider Northern Trust has appointed Peter Jordan as head of global fund services in Australia and New Zealand to support its growing fund servicing business. Jordan, who relocated to Melbourne from London earlier this year, will ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... the Gold Coast yesterday, Gonski said in order to find someone who is genuinely independent, "you've got to go out into the park and find somebody who has never done anything in their lives." Adressing an audience of not-for-profit super fund trustees ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... international rugby career took off. Juggling the demands of a world-class athletic career with a nine-to-five job was no walk in the park. "You'd go to the gym in the morning, then you'd go to work at Tooheys all day. And luckily Tooheys had a gym as ...

Altair launches two funds for retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Altair Asset Management has launched two Australian equity funds for the retail market. The Altair Income Fund focuses on sustainable dividend income while the Altair Advantage Fund aims to achieve medium to long term capital growth. Altair is a high ...

Sunsuper acquires holiday park chain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Queensland-based industry fund Sunsuper has acquired a 98% stake in nationwide holiday park chain Discovery Holiday Parks. Under the arrangement, the $26 billion super fund, which already held shares in the company, acquired a "significant majority ...

Centuria appoints facilities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... McFarlane will be responsible for overseeing facilities and operational matters at 8 Central Avenue at Australian Technology Park, in which Centuria recently acquired a 50% stake. McFarlane was previously responsible for managing the property for Knight ...