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Hedge fund forum delivers expert speakers next month

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Financial services professionals will be treated to investment panels and star speakers from the superannuation and hedge fund industries at the Australian Hedge Fund Forum next month. The keynote address will be given by Australian Securities and Investment ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Self-managed superannuation funds are likely to have to comply with SuperStream requirements, but they could use email for data transfer, an industry expert has said. The SuperStream requirements mean that from 2013 mandatory requirements for data transfer ...

Hedge fund forum to tackle tough questions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Economic opportunities in the $1.3 trillion superannuation industry, the regulatory environment and opportunities for hedge funds in Asia are all up for discussion in the upcoming AIMA Australia Australian Hedge Fund Forum. On September 13, AIMA Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline following falls on Wall Street overnight on scepticism about the deal to resolve the US debt crisis. At 0717 AEST on the ASX 24 on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares may decline slightly after US stocks fell on Friday as talks to reach an agreement over the US debt ceiling continued to feed market uncertainty. But mining stocks may gain after some metals, including gold, silver and copper, rose. ...

Russell adviser community moves online

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
A website launched by Russell Investments aims to give advisers new ways to prove their value to their clients beyond investment performance. The free to access website, Helping Advisers, does not require any logins or passwords and is designed to be ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Australian funds can materially improve their returns over time without taking on extra chunks of risk by taking foreign currency exchange more seriously, the Financial Standard Currency Management Forum heard yesterday. According to Troy Rieck, managing ...

Currency Forum to pose big questions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Financial Standard will be hosting the Currency Management Forum 2011 in Sydney on June 28 with expert analysis on the impact of currency trades on the state of the economy and investor returns. The event will explore macro economic forecasts for currency ...

Pollies clash over SG

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Politicians are exchanging words over the move to raise superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 to 12 per cent with assistant treasurer Bill Shorten calling the Coalition's attitude towards superannuation "belligerent". Speaking at a union's investment ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...