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Auscoal, AMIST and CGS get MySuper authorisations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... will have access to MySuper products from the 1 July start date. The MySuper market now comprises one product from the corporate fund segment, five from the government segment, 30 from the industry fund segment and just two from retail. Sixteen are domiciled ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... posting a 3.0% return - exceeding inflation. Not-for-profit funds achieved 12 month returns of 12.8% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 12.3%. The segment gap is thus 0.5 percentage points, about one-third it's long term average level. ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... said BlackRock. "Given the relatively poor rate of change in the statistics coupled with poor disclosure of policies, corporate Australia is open to our political leaders imposing quotas of women on listed company boards. The threat of a quota system ...

Planning firms mispriced on knowledge blacks spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... should be a range in what is offered, the variance has been significant and that includes removing the anomalies for corporate superannuation books, client bases with exposure to failed investments and estate sales." Wrightson said that different buyers ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... the biggest question for investors. "At 15 times price-to-earnings the US market is not cheap and a lot will depend on corporate earnings figures," he said. "Markets are far from euphoric. There is only some evidence that investors are adding risk. People ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... managing director and Head of Debt Markets Tony Masciantonio and will manage the businesses that arrange debt for Westpac's corporate and institutional customers. According to Westpac, this will encompass a large range of services including loan syndication ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... the matter. LCC said on its website that it guides boards of directors through "complex mergers and acquisition, and corporate strategy engagements."

Sunsuper adds to investment committee

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... executive Tony Lally welcomed Hickey and said her extensive experience in investment, financial markets, superannuation, and corporate governance made her eminently suitable for the role. "The purpose of the Sunsuper Investment Committee is to review ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... investments, and making shifts within their fixed income investments by moving away from sovereign bonds and into high yield corporate debt," Fasso said.

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...