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Former Hostplus marketing head joins Frontier

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... fund Hostplus and prior to that he worked at Sunsuper and QSuper. Sullivan holds a bachelor of business with an economics major, marketing and superannuation qualifications, and is a fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ...

Finance to fill export gap as mining boom sags

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Financial services can replace mining as Australia's next major export industry, particularly in Asia, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC) DST CEO Survey. Fifty-five chief executives - all FSC members - participated in the survey, which ...

SMSFs lose majority of cases against ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are unlikely to win court cases against the Australian Tax Office, according to David Hughes, a partner at law firm Small Myers Hughes. Speaking at the SPAA State Technical Conference in Sydney yesterday ...

IFM's FUM surges by 34% on global support

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... and will apply to existing open pools and mandates." IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors and is owned by 30 major not-for-profit Australian pension funds.

Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Sustainability, data loss, fraud and theft are among the top non-investment risks faced by private families and the offices that serve them, according to The Family Wealth Alliance's 2012 Inaugural Security Study. For the study - which was conducted ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... buying enthusiasm. At 0752 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,974. No major economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Oil Search is slated to post its second quarter production report ...

Grandfathering uncertainty already affecting businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... is changed after 1 July 2013, the benefits can continue to be grandfathered only if the changes are minor. Otherwise, any major changes to the business agreement means that the adviser won't be able to benefit from grandfathering commissions. "It is ...

IFM reveals start date for fee reduction

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... scale through to investors," Himbury said. IFM have made some incremental reductions on a per product basis, but its last major fee announcement was made in November 2011 when it provided a rebate to all existing customers globally that equated to a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... stimulus for the economy. Mr Weston said the move had provided a "psychological boost" for the market. "I don't see it as a major move in itself but it shows the People's Bank of China are looking to try and support growth," he said. But, while the overall ...

Fidelity Worldwide Investment cuts minimum investment amounts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment (Fidelity) has reduced the minimum initial investment amount required for all its funds in Australia from $500,000 to $25,000. Before this, Fidelity's product range had been available for a minimum initial investment amount ...