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FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) request to review the constitution of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) expert panel on super and awards has met with opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA). The FSC questioned the validity of the FWC expert ...

PM Capital Emerging Asia added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The PM Capital Emerging Asia Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. PM Capital is a bottom-up stock-picker whose approach is based on fundamental analysis. The fund manager said that this philosophy is important to differentiate the strategy ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Australia's superannuation tax concession is too generous towards the wealthy and should be scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax ...

Flash Boys is 'complete nonsense': CMCRC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
A recent high-profile book criticising high frequency trading (HFT) has been branded 'nonsense' by the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) with the group urging regulators not to respond to the scaremongering. The research body has released ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Thank goodness for small mercies. Good Friday came a bit early for me after one gentle reader crucified me and my take on Dr. Marc Faber's uber bearish prediction that a "1987-style crash" is nigh... again! Read all about my early crucifixion here ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Financial System Inquiry should look into ways of making direct investment in infrastructure and corporate bonds more accessible to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... pension with an initial drawdown rate of 6% per annum. Depending on their results, members are put into a green, amber or red zone, and funds are scored out of 100 for their overall results. Mercer senior partner David Knox said: "Our traffic light system ...

IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is urging the Government to reintroduce the Low Income Superannuation Contributions (LISC) to ensure that low income earners are not disadvantaged. As a result of recent taxation changes those earning less than ...

Reduce corporate tax rate, says Macquarie

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The corporation tax rate should be reduced to 25% if Australia wants to become a regional financial services hub, Macquarie Group has argued. In its submission to the Financial Services Inquiry, the bank argued that Australia's current corporation tax ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...