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FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Offering instant diversification, professional management and exposure to assets not easily reached by individuals, managed funds represent a one-stop shop that's suitable for every type of investor. But despite these obvious benefits, the penetration ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to a new record low and oil prices rebounded. At 0837 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 97 points at 5,740. Consumers are waiting ...

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Just as the government prepares to release the latest edition of the Intergenerational Report and recommence the Senate battle to pass its 2014-15 Budget, Treasury has released its Tax Expenditures statement showing that superannuation tax subsidies ...

ASIC report highlights insufficient penalties

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Monetary penalties for large organisations reached record levels in 2014, but are still insufficient, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest enforcement report. ASIC quotes the record $1.2 million civil penalty ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
There are as many as 160 ways asset owners are likely to unnecessarily lose money to hidden costs. But the good news is they can be uncovered and eliminated. That's according to Novarca, a consultancy specialising in what it calls 'cost pattern analysis.' ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
MySuper may be triggering a readjustment in the corporate platform market as fund groups that have elected not to pursue MySuper authorisation shift their focus away from corporate default products toward select and personal products. The findings are ...

Gen Y saving habits reveal advice opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Generation Y is the market segment most likely to say it has saved more in the last 12 months, but also the group most likely to find dealing with money stressful, new research from Rabobank shows. According to the RaboDirect Financial Health Barometer ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

CFA names new president and chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... Certificate program, an Annual Conference in April in Frankfurt, Germany, and the second annual Putting Investors First Month in May - a global series of events to unite financial professionals throughout the world in a commitment to place investor interests ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...