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All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
"Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run..." -- Beer Barrel Polka by Vejvoda and IngriA! Roll out the barrel cause the All Ords' on a run. Roll out the barrel, it's broken five thousand! It's ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Macquarie Life has been awarded a five-star status for overall satisfaction in the Beaton Benchmarks 2012 - Life Insurance Intermediaries Study for the fifth consecutive year, making it the only provider in the Australian insurance market to achieve ...

Macquarie launches SMSF Toolkit for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Macquarie Group has launched a Self Managed Super Funds Toolkit for advisers. The new service allows advisers to find all kinds of information and tools about SMSF in the one place, including calculators from Macquarie MAStech team, which calculate ...

ASIC court order against Sydney adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained interim court orders against Sydney financial adviser Gabriel Nakhl. The orders restrain Nakhl from disposing of, dealing with or diminishing certain assets, except in limited circumstances ...

Politicians move 'super' goal posts at their peril

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Recent political and Treasury debate about changes to superannuation should not put doubts into people's minds about its attractiveness as an tax structure within which to invest for their retirement, according to Michael Hutton, head of wealth management ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Despite experts warning of a bond bubble, US mutual fund investors poured US$304 billion into bond funds last year. According to figures from the US Investment Company Institute, the bond fund inflows trounced the $153 billion that was withdrawn from ...

Link to take control of Russell administration

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Pressure on costs and the government's Stronger Super reforms have prompted Russell Investments to 'lift and shift' its superannuation administration operations to Link Group, it was announced yesterday. The new partnership sees Link Group integrate ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Against the backdrop of intense political debate, Mercer has released research which it states proves Australians do not receive unfair tax advantages through superannuation. Today Mercer said that its research "defused" the hotly debated idea that ...

Fewer asset consultants dominate super fund space

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
The market share of asset consultants advising superannuation funds is being increasingly dominated by fewer participants, forcing super funds to develop internal expertise whether they want to or not, according to research from Rainmaker Information. ...

CBA to snare DIY investors with MyWealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Commonwealth Bank yesterday launched MyWealth, a new platform which attempts to attract the three million Australian do-it-yourself investors to trade shares, ETFs and fixed interest investments online. Described by the bank as a first for the Australian ...