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Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... lift-off speculations first surfaced). In any case, renewed lift-off speculations have again lifted the US dollar. Against major currencies, the greenback has surged to its highest level since 2004. Now think what that this dearer currency implies for ...

Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... credit and political risk Jim Thomas said, "The threat of political risk to firms has rarely been greater than it is today. Major political change is happening with more frequency and severity, and it is no longer confined to a few regions of the globe." ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... contributions to enable workers with broken employment patterns to maximise their superannuation account balances. Other major proposals from NAB include simplifying the rules on claiming a tax deduction for financial advice; considering the provision ...

BetaShares launches managed Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... looking for equity exposure with reduced volatility. "Investors and their advisers are increasingly being made aware of a major investment challenge - invest too cautiously and risk insufficient investment performance required to fund lifestyle purposes ...

ETFs hit $20bn in assets under management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
It took 12 years for exchange traded funds (ETFs) to reach the first $10 billion and less than two to hit the $20 billion milestone. The October 2015 monthly update by the ASX shows that exchange traded products (ETPs), which include ETFs, show the ...

Multi-sector investments reach $555 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Australians had more than $555 billion of managed fund assets invested in multi-sector investment trusts, superannuation funds, pensions and insurance bonds as at 31 July 2015, according to Morningstar. The researcher recently completed qualitative ...

AMG to take Abax stake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Global asset manager AMG has entered into an agreement to acquire an equity stake in Abax Investments. Based in Cape Town and formed in 2003, Abax is a South African investment management firm with over $7.6 billion in assets under management. It specialises ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Labor senators Sam Dastyari and Chris Ketter have dissented from a report recommending the bill on superannuation trustee governance be passed in the Senate today. The dissenting senators believe the bill "blindly conflates and confuses trustee governance ...

Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee is expected to table its report on new superannuation trustee governance laws today ahead of debating a proposed bill in the Senate tomorrow. If passed the bill will require all Australian Prudential Regulation ...

JANA chief executive joins industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... Consultants & Actuaries in Johannesburg. Sunsuper chief executive officer Scott Hartley said Patrick's appointment represented a major coup for the business given his proven track record of leading successful teams of investment professionals and broad ...