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Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... legendary investor Warren Buffett has helped some Australian self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors post big returns over the last three years. The first of a number of JBG Structured Investments products linked to the performance of Buffett's ...

ISN calls for electronic auctions to block HFT leakage

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... applied for a licence as an organisation and obtained it within three months. "There is a difference between doing tax returns and applying technical aspects of the law into financial planning strategies, we have been applying the effect of tax to advice ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The recovery in super fund returns has continued apace in April 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index climbed again to 12.7%, its second highest level in three years. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns remain ...

March sees moderate growth in super contributions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... flows in the March quarter can be attributed to the strong performance of the equities market and positive reports of returns from superannuation funds," FSC chief economist James Bond said. Bond expressed concern over the low employer contribution ...

NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... flows and the ability to tolerate risk in the short-term, the Fund is well placed to take advantage of the attractive returns offered by assets linked to catastrophe reinsurance." According to NZ Super Fund, the mandate is a flexible one that can vary ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Institutional Bank including in corporate banking, project finance, corporate advisory, project advisory and securitisation. John returns to Westpac, replacing Karen Silk who was appointed General Manager Institutional Banking at Westpac New Zealand ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... trend that was first observed prior to the GFC, suggesting the sector's lack of traction is systemic and not due to poor returns due the GFC although the GFC has not helped it reclaim its earlier momentum. This lack of growth reinforces how investors ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... strategy to institutional investors, Djounov said funds with a 'cash-plus' target offered investors the consistent positive returns in an increasingly difficult market. "With fixed income assets generating such a low yield, when interest rates rise it's ...

Platforms hold sway over fund access

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... fundamentally good investment for clients. It provides what investors are looking for, stability with inflation linked returns, and syndicates have the potential to do that so if we can get the structure and expectations right, there's a real opportu ...