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JPMorgan global bond fund added to platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund has been added to three major platforms shortly after J.P. Morgan Asset Management brought the fund to Australia. The BT, Asgard and IOOF platforms now offer access to the manager's unconstrained fixed income ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... Australia, the share market on Monday broke a five day losing streak despite a sharp drop on China's market denting shares in the major banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.9 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 5,309.1 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Investment Trends releases 2014 platform report

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Investment Trends has released its 2014 platform report, which compares 466 "key characteristics" of 12 major investment platforms. Originally made available to Investment Trends clients in December, the report highlights increasing regulatory compliance ...

FICAP gives support to The Shepherd Centre charity

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has brought The Shepherd Centre on board as its newest charity partner. The Shepherd Centre joins Redkite and Weave Youth & Community Services as FICAP's chosen charities in 2015. Since 1970, The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... December than its target, despite sharply falling prices, and lowered its global demand outlook for its crude. Among the major banks, Westpac was up 12 cents at $32.91, Commonwealth Bank had added 46 cents at $83.95, but ANZ had fallen 12 cents to $31.38 ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... implemented asset consultants that add value, according to new research by Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants. Deloitte surveyed six major consultants over the five years to 30 June 2014, using the Vanguard Growth Index Fund as its benchmark. The results ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... also be triggered by a spike in geopolitical tensions, bouts of volatility in commodity markets, or financial stress in major emerging market economies. Worryingly, the weak recovery in many high-income economies and slowdowns in several large emerging ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... well as contributions towards Home and Community Care services. They also tend to have increased out-of-pocket expenses for major medical procedures and ongoing chemist and other medical expenses. "There is a $20,000 gap between the Age Pension and the ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired a new property in Derrimut, Victoria for $8.1 million. The acquisition, effective from 22 December 2014, caps off a busy year for the fund which added properties to the total purchase price value ...

MySuper put spotlight on member outcomes: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
MySuper has put greater emphasis on the retirement outcomes, focused product providers on the needs of disengaged members and promoted widespread innovation, according to a new report by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Researchers ...