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Tyndall launches fund for low-tax rate instos

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Tyndall AM has made its Australian Share Concentrated strategy available to zero or low tax rate institutions such as charities, endowment funds and super funds, with the launch of a new fund. The new Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Income fund ...

AIA Priority Protection added to Asgard

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
AIA Australia's Priority Protection products have been added to the Asgard superannuation platform. AIA said a third of risk business in Australia is now being written via platforms and advisers increasingly see them as a means to reduce their administrative ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian financial services industry is too focused on short-term results and must find ways to focus on and promote long-term success for investors, according to David Gonski. The chair of the Future Fund board of guardians said the investment ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Is this a dead cat bounce or the early stages of another move higher? To be sure, it's only been three days...three straight days that the S&P 500 has turned its downtrend into a trend upwards. Even accounting for ...

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has asked new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a last-minute delay to the commencement of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and StrongerSuper reforms. Due to begin on July 1, the FSC has lobbied for a 12-month delay ...

Advisers saturate HNW space

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
An increasing number of advisers are turning their attention to servicing high net worth (HNW) clients, a market that is fast becoming overcrowded according to Harris Fraser managing partner Marc Geary "It has been harder and harder to service the HNW ...

Two new MySuper approvals bring total to 43

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
NGS Super and the Nationwide Superannuation Fund (NSF) are the latest funds to be given the green light for MySuper products. The approvals bring the total number of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) sanctioned funds to 43 as the financial ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Global ETF regulation proposed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has issued a report outlining how it wants exchange traded investment vehicles regulated globally. The report was triggered by the rush of money that poured into ETFs and similar products ...

Former Deutsche PM joins 90 West

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Former Deutsche Asset Management portfolio manager Daniel Sullivan has joined the 90 West Global Natural Resources Fund. Sullivan, who has 21 years experience in the investment management industry, joined the company in May as a senior investment analyst. ...