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R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
A dramatic increase in the amount Asian companies are spending on research and development means many are fast becoming world beaters, according to one Fidelity portfolio manager. Presenting to more than 300 advisers at an event in Sydney with regional ...

AIST calls for accuracy on product dashboard

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling for higher standards of accuracy on investment return estimates for the MySuper online product dashboard. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
"Facebook and BenO are now friends." This is what my 'friends' and 'friends of friends' would see on my Facebook status from this day onwards. For how could you not 'like' something that increases your wealth by as much as 31.6% in one single day? Facebook ...

Women without kids still at super disadvantage

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Women amass substantially less super than men, regardless of whether or not they have children, according to a new research paper by the Australian Institute. The paper, entitled 'What's choice got to do with it?' found that even if women work full ...

EQT urges The Trust Company to avoid "fruitless" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has urged The Trust Company board to give reassurance that it would consider recommending the EQT offer of acquisition to its shareholders in order to avoid "an unnecessary and fruitless exercise for all concerned." EQT complained ...

MediaSuper makes moves on mental health, joins SuperFriend

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Industry super fund Media Super has become the 18th fund to join SuperFriend, the Industry Funds Forum Mental Health Foundation. SuperFriend is a national initiative aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of industry superannuation fund ...

Macquarie expects 2014 profit rise after strong quarter

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The strong performances of Macquarie Group's wealth divisions have led the financial services company to confirm it expects to report a year-on-year rise in profits for 2014. In a first quarter update ahead of the group's annual general meeting, managing ...

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 ...

Aged care services under funded and set to worsen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Aged care services in Australia are under funded and overcrowded at a moment when ageing population and social changes require a stronger system. "The aged care sector needs more funding, but the funding will have to be a blend between users who can ...

Vale Aberdeen's Wallace and McMenigall

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013