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UBS adds gas to global infra fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... strategic fit for our core infrastructure asset portfolio and has all the hallmark characteristics we look for - a near perfect monopoly with transparent regulation and high cash-flow certainty," said Paul Moy, global head and chief investment officer ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... our financial markets would be reacting to the 1.5 per cent slump on Wall Street last Friday and Dr. Doomy Roubini's "perfect storm" that would stunt growth from 2013. Add to these, the aftershocks to the aftershock that again wreaked destruction in ...

Free advice sparks Financial Planning Week

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... community, and lift the level of respect for financial planners. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said the week was the perfect opportunity to show what value association members could add to people's lives. "Building higher standards to inspire trust ...

Planners wrapped with super app

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... groups. "This is the new key for planners, they can download the app which functions without the internet which makes it perfect as any planners on the road or who visit rural areas where only remote access is available, planners will still be able to ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... inflation hedging were difficult to manage for retirees as they were not liquid, he said. He said the aged pension was the perfect retirement product as it dealt with the problems of longevity and inflation. The problem is that it is means-tested and ...

Super rollovers go electronic

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A trial program to electronically process super fund rollovers has passed with flying colours and is now open for business. REST, Sunsuper and StatewideSuper tested out the Industry Funds Forum's new eRollover system to see whether it would accurately ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, what will Mommy Nature unleash next? By now you've surely read or heard about the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on 11 March 2011 and is still wreaking havoc on the world's third biggest economy. The ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Christchurch continues to dig through the rubble left by the tremor that hit the region three days ago in the hope of rescuing all those still trapped underneath. While on the other part of the globe, Libyan butcher Qaddafi continues to turn his country ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Leading superannuation expert and academic John Evans believes there are more ways to develop the annuities market than are currently being explored. The uncertainty attached to longevity, or people outliving their savings, and its impact on the wider ...

Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
The recent flooding in Queensland has provided a perfect demonstration of the need for financial services firms to have appropriate procedures in place to ensure business continuity. Manny Pohl, chief executive officer of Brisbane-based Hyperion Asset ...