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Strong period for markets ahead: K2

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... markets are showing positive signs of growth, according to K2 Asset Management. "Beyond cyclical tailwinds the onus is on corporate to deliver improved income returns to investors to help close the arbitrage gap between investing in bonds and equities," ...

RBS signs MOU for sale of Asian assets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... Royal Bank of Scotland. The MOU covers the purchase of certain parts of the cash equities, equity capital markets and corporate finance businesses in Asia Pacific, according to CIMB. "The MOU provides for the parties to negotiate exclusively with each ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
MLC MasterKey Business Super has won two corporate super mandates worth more than $10 million in combined funds under management. Western Australian-based mining drilling contractor Swick Mining Services and iron-ore producer Atlas will be moving their ...

Growth in popularity of lifecycle strategies: PIMCO

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... invested in growth assets, with age not determining their asset allocation. The study of 66 default retail, industry and corporate funds found most members over the age of 60 were still invested in growth assets such as shares, instead of more defensive ...

JP Morgan offers mobile access

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... Services launched its ACCESS Mobile banking platform today which allows cash management by Australian and New Zealand corporate and institutional investors through their smartphones and tablets. Investors will be able to view balance and transaction ...

Triple engagement but 17 firms get first strike

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... the ASX 300 companies held by AMP Capital have received a 'first-strike'. However according to AMP Capital's latest Corporate Governance Report, three times the number of companies are attempting to engage with shareholders since the introduction of ...

ASIC steps back from social media hard-line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
The new advertising guidelines from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission take a step back from the original consultation paper, which outlined an expectation that online advertisements and social media posts should be self-contained. Policy ...

Super accounts on path for consolidation: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... morning to launch a new Financial Services Council (FSC) and DST Global Solutions survey of over 7.2 million retail and corporate super accounts. The research looked at one of the key changes under Stronger Super whereby inactive super accounts with ...

New cost estimates see MySuper equal SuperStream

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... communication at 11%. The surveys, conducted 12 months apart involved 34 executives representing industry, retail and corporate funds, in addition to SMSF administrators, public sector and fund administrators. Despite rhetoric over the impact of account ...

Stonger Super second tranche amendments released

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... trustee duties to trustees of an RSE that offers a MySuper product and applying personal duties to the directors of corporate trustees in their own right. It also provides details of the power for APRA to issue prudential standards in relation to superannuation. ...