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New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Treasury. Bowen will bring relevant experience to the role, having been minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law during the government's first term. In addition, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury will assume the role of minister ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... accounting for 17% of all SMSF investments, the majority is in residential property. AMP Capital's director of retail and corporate business Craig Keary said trustees and advisers tend to view infrastructure and commercial property as hard to access. ...

But industry bodies see FoFA delay "unlikely"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... added. Anderson explained that there is little clarity around grandfathering and that there are still discussions about corporate super advice. However, the shadow minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann welcomed Brogden's ...

Former BlackRock exec to head up new BMO operation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... left in April of this year. BMO already has a presence in Australia as BMO Capital Markets, offering investment and corporate banking, advisory services, treasury and market risk management, institutional investing, and research. BMO Global Asset Management ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Supply-Chain Sourcing'. This report coincides with the release of a new joint study by retail fund Australian Ethical and Corporate Analysis, Enhanced Responsibility (CAER), arguing that China already offers many ethically sound investment opportunities. ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... on a more collaborative problem-solving approach." Russell actuaries consult to seven of the ten largest Australian corporate superannuation funds, as well as some of the largest institutions in the country, and provide advice to more than $80 billion ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... the cost of bank lending, creating an opportunity for non-bank investors to access the market. IOOF said Australia's corporate loan market provides fixed income investors with many attractive features. For example, the loans are priced over bank bills ...

Trustees warned about unintentional SMSF contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... constructed contribution strategy can fail if the timing is off," Caroline Harley, an Associate at Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers, said. Harley said confusion can arise about exactly when a contribution is made. The ATO's ruling 2010/1 says contributions ...

ASIC to face parliamentary inquiry over CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Milne. The inquiry will look into ASIC's complaint management policies and practices, the protections afforded by ASIC to corporate and private whistleblowers and the accountability framework to which the regulator is subject, and whether it needs to ...

BGL adds bank data to SMSF software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
BGL Corporate Solutions will add a bank data service to its administration software for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The bank data can be downloaded to BGL's Simple Fund and Simple Fund 360, and "completes the picture" of BGL's offering ...