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Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) Director of Public Affairs Matt Linden said the budget was a "missed opportunity to find small innovative solutions," saying the changes could result in a 25% decrease in retirement income for many Australians. He said ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Businesses will be paid $10,000 for employing workers over 50, the government is expected to announce in this evening's budget. The initiative will go alongside a staggered rise in the Age Pension eligibility age, reaching age 70 by 2035. Under the ...

J.P. Morgan appoints head of Australia relationships

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a head of Australia strategic relationships for the funds business. Mark Carlile will be in charge of creating and implementing a business strategy, as well as building strategic relationships with the major ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $100 million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused Listed Investment Company (LIC) on the ASX. With the listing, the company is aiming ...

Australian ETF industry passes $11 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Total funds in the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market surged to $11.13 billion in April, an almost 50% increase from 12 months ago. According to the latest ASX Funds Monthly Update, over $1 billion has flowed into ASX-listed in 2014, with ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
The share market has lost most of its early gains due to weakness in the mining sector. After opening more than half a per cent higher, the market was relatively flat at noon. Resources stocks dropped after the release of data showing a weaker trade ...

New business targets investors' bad habits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
As the number of individual investors skyrockets with the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, a new business is about to be launched which aims to help investors overcome bad psychological habits. Behavioural Finance Australia (BFA) ...

Certitude appoints adviser relationship manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Certitude Global Investments has appointed former SuperIQ executive Tim Williams as an adviser relationship manager. In this role, Williams will be responsible for the development and maintenance of Certitude's relationships with its financial advisers ...

LUCRF divests $5 million of cluster munition and tobacco

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
LUCRF Super has approved the negative screening and divestment of cluster munition manufacturers and tobacco companies from its investment portfolios. The fund said that it held $4.5 million in cluster munition stocks and $522,000 in tobacco as of January ...