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Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... chaired by Russia this year? Big deal! If you recall Putin deliberately did not attend the US-hosted G8 Summit back in May of 2012. By the by, Canada has already opted out of the G-8 summit. Putin's probably been emboldened by his not so small victory ...

Bennelong WP creates CIO position

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... families and individuals. This included having responsibility for fixed income and equity portfolios. He will start in mid-May of this year. Rowland said that Bennelong had been focusing on attaining a chief investment officer with a high level of experience ...

ASIC takes aim at charitable investment funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation paper proposing changes to existing exemptions for charities that raise investment funds. The proposed changes will affect approximately 200 charitable investment ...

MFAA to train advisers on direct property for SMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) has announced that it will train credit advisers on the opportunities that direct property investments may offer self- managed super funds (SMSF). The MFAA estimated that direct property investment ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... table, pre-conditions for aid disbursements are watered down. Just recall how tough the troika was on the Greeks back in May of two years ago before they agreed to give the a,-110 billion bailout to Athens. They gave Greece a list of conditions it must ...

VicSuper and Vision Super in merger talks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Vision Super has begun talks regarding a potential merger with VicSuper following the collapse in May of its planned merger with Equipsuper. Barbra Norris, VicSuper chairperson, said there was strong alignment between the two funds particularly in terms ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
For risk- savvy investors structured products can take advantage of market upturns, while protecting the portfolio as a whole. This is despite the declining appetite for structured products, said George Lucas, managing director, Instreet. "It's not ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... indications for a tactical re-entry. In both years, the S&P 500 bottomed two months after the VIX index peaked. It topped in May of 2010, the S&P 500 index hit the dirt in July. It peaked in August 2011 and by October, the S&P 500 reached bottom. Note ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Global exchange traded products have had a record start to the year, according to BlackRock's latest ETP Landscape Industry Highlights report for Q1 2012. Net new assets of US$67.3bn were attracted during Q1 2012, a 57% jump over Q1 2011's US$42.8 billion. ...

APRA calls for dialogue with funds on MySuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... your fund," Jones said. "You do not want to be in a circumstance where you apply for authorisation of a MySuper product in May of next year and you find you're rejected, because if you are, you've only got until October to get the thing sorted. It's ...