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ASIC's share buy-back proposal

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called for comments on its buy-back proposal in order to assist the regulator in developing its position on buy-back relief under the Corporations Act 2001. Under the proposal, ASIC seeks ...

Trends in market expectations

Rainmaker Information has compiled data over the last 12 months revealing the market expectations of fund managers, banks and research houses in comparison to those of superannuation funds and master trusts. The expectations were recorded across six ...

Non-investment grade for Rubicon Australian Leaders Fund

ASSIRT Research has given Rubicon's Australian Leaders Fund (RALF) a non-investment grade rating mainly due to the fund's remuneration arrangements and risk issues. Rubicon's investment strategy is to allocate up to 50 per cent of the fund to other ...

Industry figures to participate on Government's super choice committee

Howard Rosario, CEO, Westcheme and Linda Elkins, director of 'Education Key' - a joint initiative between REST, Sunsuper and STA - will be part of the Government's superannuation choice of fund advisory committee. The five-person independent advisory ...

ING's listed private equity makes first investments

Following its November listing on the stock exchange, ING PEAL has made its first investments in three private equity investment groups providing smaller investors access to a diversified multi-manager private equity portfolio. The investments include ...

Risk-return numbers fail to tell the story

The WM Company, the European performance arm of State Street, has released research finding which states information ratios have little predictive value. The group used data from between 1995 and 2003 for 2000 portfolios of UK pension funds equities ...

Aon signs three for $50 million boost

The Aon Master Trust has picked up three new corporate clients adding a further $50 million to the group's funds under administration. Singapore Airlines, multi-national shipping company 'K' Line and Ballarar based brake pad manufacturer Bendix Mintex ...

ATO cracks down on SMSFs

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has served notice it will be taking a hard line against non-complying self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and is in the process of formulating a three-step process to help determine which SMSFs to audit. As ...

FPA's advice to industry

The FPA has released the Guide to the Development of Effective Statements of Advice. The manual is a comprehensive statement of advice guide offering guidance to its members in developing statements of advice (SoAs). SoAs must accompany personal financial ...

Industry super funds outperform by three times

Industry superannuation funds have outperformed their retail rivals by nearly three times and over a 40 year investment period generate 35 per cent more for members according to research data released by SuperRatings and Rainmaker Information on behalf ...