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Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... at the same time as we are working through these sovereign debt issues. "We might see a stubbornly high inflation rate inside the price of necessities while we experience deflation in asset prices, which are funded by debt. This makes for a challenging ...

Mercer awards three new mandates worth nearly $1 billion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Capital Limited Partnership won the right to rule a $150 million mandate within the Overseas Shares Small Companies Portfolio inside Mercer's global equity allocation, which is worth just under $4 billion in total. The active core-quantitative manager ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds earning nearly 7% per annum over the past 20 years has forced minister Bill Shorten to defend the system itself while arguing why lifting SG from 9 to 12% is still a good idea. Speaking on ABC TV's Insider's program yesterday, Minister ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The impending loss of trailing commissions for managed funds has made listed investment companies more attractive by leveling the playing field, an industry insider said yesterday. John Robinson, chairman of Global Mining Investments (GMI), a listed ...

ACSI chief exec Byrne wins PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... said Byrne. "I think the greatest value of being in this is to actually see what other people are doing. So you get the inside knowledge of what's happening and then you can translate that for other Australians," she said. Byrne was among four non-asset ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... however. He later told Financial Standard that being able to pay down a mortgage on a property by using contributions all inside of super sounded like a pretty attractive proposition for young SMSF clients in the accumulation phase. Multiport offered ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... pension strategy returned 10.71%. The $20 billion hospitality industry fund posted positive returns for all of its options inside its industry, acumen and personal divisions with Australian shares registering 8.81%, high growth 7.35% and diversified ...

ASIC heats up insider trading investigations

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put the corporate advice world on high alert after releasing a report stating it has doubled its investigations into insider trading in the past year. ASIC took over the role as regulator from ...

ASIC warns it will act on rogue ETF pricing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission today warned that it would take action if exchange-traded fund prices interfere with market integrity by being too removed from the underlying index. The trading watchdog flagged more than 23,000 general ...

Asteron takes on CFS FirstChoice risk offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... State platforms, FirstChoice and FirstWrap. Hawke said that despite the proposed ban on risk commissions for insurance held inside super, Asteron are committed to system. In fact, Asteron are working hard to get their independent advisers to rally against ...