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Suggestions we don't support 12% CSG lies: Hockey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has been forced to clarify the Coalition's stance on the increase in compulsory superannuation contributions from 9% to 12% for the second time in a week. The Government pounced on a note in the parliamentary ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Most firms will be reluctant to add to their headcount and staff will be cautious about changing jobs in 2013, according to eFinancialCareers. The financial services recruitment firm said recruitment growth would be limited to areas such as regulatory ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... comments have been criticised within the industry with SMSF Loans director Craig Morgan dismissing the fears as overly 'conservative'. "While it is obviously very early days we are not aware of any significant level of default and it appears likely - ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... rather than simply lumping them into the industry's mainstays: pooled investment choices such as growth, balanced or conservative. One of the most important messages that came out of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) national ...

SQM upgrades Trilogy income fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... option in a balanced portfolio," he said. SQM Research believes existing mortgage funds with robust structures and conservative loan-to-value ratios will continue to provide investors with regular income and capital stability. "Mortgage funds have proven ...

Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... government in the future. "There has been some disappointment in the western media that the committee seems to be more conservative than reformist in nature," Ning said. "However it is also significant to note that other than Xi Jingping and Li Keqiang ...

EQT equity fund highly rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... [than its peer group]. Lonsec added that the investment team's research process, established 2003 and founded on a conservative approach, is well structured and consistent with the objective of uncovering the long-term value drivers of a company. Lonsec ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... new set of rules being introduced for the local market. Hook expects the full adoption of Basel III by 2013, and conservative capital buffers from 2016 to potentially impact (the AM) sector with higher capital/leverage requirements that require global ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... successful year for Franklin Templeton's local business. "We expect the Fund will appeal to investors with a more conservative risk appetite, who wish to take advantage of global fixed income opportunities across a range of sectors," she added. The fund ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The annus horribilis that Australia's big-four banks expect to define 2013 could become a present reality if too much of their fortunes are hitched to an expected strengthening global economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday ...