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Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said the impact of the global financial crisis and recent low super fund returns meant more people were worried about whether their super would last the distance and were ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... attuned to the fees they are paying. They are also more engaged in the makeup of their portfolios since the global financial crisis," said Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's head of corporate affairs and market development. "Higher volatility and lower returns ...

Sequencing risk impacts super savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The post-global financial crisis combined with longevity issues has brought strategies to manage sequencing risk to the forefront in Australia, according to Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management. Although many retirees ...

Investors turn to dynamic asset allocation

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The global financial crisis, and more recently the situation in Europe, has put global asset allocation back in focus, according to PineBridge Investments. Prior to the financial crisis many investors had given up attempting to balance risk and return ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... collateralised, leveraged credit default swap agreements. ASIC said the investments failed during the global financial crisis.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... of Monday's losses, after the central bank cut official interest rates to their lowest level since the global financial crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 58.7 points, or 1.47 per cent, to 4,043.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... products. "LBC has proven to be a valuable long-term, core infrastructure asset that performed well during the Global Financial Crisis and global recession," said Graham Matthews, chief investment officer, Access Capital Advisers. "It is precisely this ...

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... in the interest of all stockholders," said a statement issued by Macquarie. "MGU notes that, since the Global Financial Crisis, the Fund's discount has narrowed significantly while at the same time it has increased its distributions to stockholders." ...

Investor appetite for risk continues to flat-line

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... beyond capital growth," he said adding that the banks hybrid securities have been in high demand. With the Global Financial Crisis cycle that has been going on for about four and a half years and in regards to what is happening globally today, Orrock ...

NAB winds up private equity arm

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... who moved over to the division of NAB prior to ANZ's withdrawal from private equity in 2008 during the global financial crisis. It is understood that ICS employed only around eight people and the closure represents the last of direct private equity investments ...

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Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:49PM
Praemium's new leadership will be keeping a close eye on costs, with new chief executive Denis Orrock noting he will make sure the technology upgrade underway translates into stronger earnings and better returns for shareholders.

Australian Ethical FUM drops by $70m

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:21PM
Australian Ethical saw a net outflow of $100 million in its investment business in the first quarter of the financial year.

Perennial expands wholesale offer for pre-IPOs

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:59AM
Perennial Partners is launching a new strategy for wholesale investors to capitalise on global pre-IPO opportunities, requiring a minimum investment of $100,000.

Macquarie wealth investment chief to depart

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:37AM
Macquarie chief investment officer for wealth will take on a new role at a New Zealand-based investment management firm after serving in the position for close to three years.

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