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75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The Australian Taxation Office has admitted that as many as 75,000 SMSFs totaling assets up to $50 billion could be breaking the rules, leading some in the industry to suggest that the sector should be subject to tighter regulation. Last month Australian ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The $1 billion on-balance sheet Australian National University investment fund has announced it is modifying its investment guidelines to ensure investments it holds in the future will "minimise social injury". However, ANU chancellor and former minister ...

Insto investors want better marketing material

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
When being presented with marketing material from investment managers, institutional investors suffer the same poor standard of fund information as retail investors, reveals new research from specialist alternative investment researcher Preqin. Top ...

Russell multi-manager funds get top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
Russell Investment's suite of diversified multi-manager funds have been upgraded to 'highly recommended' in Zenith Investment Partners' review of the category. In total, 16 funds received a rating but Russell's Conservative, Diversified 50, Balanced ...

ASIC rescues lower risk products from 'hedge fund' label

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has tweaked its definition of a hedge fund, to reduce the number of products that fall within stricter disclosure requirements. Product providers had expressed concern that some low-risk retail ...

Impasse ends when Wall Street says stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Industry superannuation funds associations are asking financial planners who provide self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) advice to undertake a different and more specialised training than those who advice on funds regulated by the Australian Prudential ...

Sonray director to face 10 years imprisonment over unfunded deposits

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
The sole director of Sonray Capital Markets (Sonray) Russell Andrew Johnson could face up to 10 years jail time over criminal charges relating to false accounting, theft and deception. Johnson pleaded guilty to the seven criminal charges brought by ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

NAB launches new set of real return portfolios

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
As part of its first new product launch since Jonathan Armitage took over as CIO in March, National Australian Bank's (NAB) MLC has launched a new set of real return portfolios that aim to deliver returns above inflation for investors. MLC Investment ...