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ACFS flummoxed by SMSF cash trend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The authors of a new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) are bemused as to why self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors heavily favour cash over fixed-interest products. The paper, entitled 'The Future Demand and Supply ...

Storm lawyers take ASIC and CBA to court over settlement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Storm Financial litigator Levitt Robinson Solicitors have questioned the $136 million settlement reached by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Commonwealth Bank last year. Levitt Robinson has filed a case against both organisations ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... children's' foundations. According to an announcement on the Securities and Exchange Commission, Buffett converted 14,000 class A shares to 21 million class B shares on 5 July to complete the donation. In 2006 Buffett pledged to give about $31 billion ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

Macquarie leads global infra cap raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Global unlisted infrastructure capital raisings in the first half of 2013 are far ahead of the same period in 2012, and Australia's Macquarie group is leading the charge. Research by alternatives sector consulting group Preqin reveals that in the first ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been awarded an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec. Launched 10 months ago by two former Hunter Hall investment managers, Jack Lowsenstein and Chad Slater, the fund now has $30 million under management ...

Class Super beats BGL to launch automated property valuator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super has teamed up with property valuator RP Data to launch an automated property valuations service for SMSFs, ahead of BGL's planned launch of a similar service in two weeks. Class Super chief ...

Two Storm victims to receive $1.1m in compensation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
BOQ, Senrac and Macquarie have agreed to pay $1,100,000 in compensation for losses made by former Storm investors Barry and Deanna Doyle. The figure was calculated by independent experts and Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) under ...

ASIC appeals Macquarie's Storm settlement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appealed against the Federal Court's decision to approve a settlement between the former clients of Storm Financial and Macquarie Bank. The settlement follows a class action brought against ...

Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Australian institutional demand for Asian and emerging market debt strategies will intensify in 2013, according to HSBC Global Asset Management chief executive for Asia Pacific Joanna Munro. The investment manager is meeting with Australian clients ...