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FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Some of the super industry's biggest players will have new transparency and governance policies to work under after the FSC released its new mandatory policy requirements. The Financial Services Council (FSC) said that there had been a lot of attention ...

Aviva rebrands to Antares

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Aviva Investors Australia will rebrand to Antares to match the branding of parent company MLC's existing institutional fixed income team with a managing director and head of equities also appointed. MLC acquired Aviva in October last year and has since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe to scheduled to address the Australian Industry Group's 12th Annual Economic Forum. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed firmly in the red after weaker base metals prices ...

Mason Stevens buys 2020 Funds Management

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... income managed account will immediately benefit from the merger with 2020 staff holding extensive careers in credit within major global investment banks. Mason Stevens has a range of managed accounts offerings, all of which will be upgraded as a result ...

Strong period for markets ahead: K2

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... in equities, with the firm's portfolios currently fully exposed to equities,' said Hall. K2 also advised that while the major macro event has passed, returns expectations will be muted on the up and the downside barring any unforeseen circumstances with ...

Tax and Super bill doesn't go far enough: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia claims the government's excess contribution tax threshold of $10,000 is not high enough. The Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment bill was introduced into parliament last week, which ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... points (0.22 per cent) to 12,980.30. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the market had been driven higher by gains among the major miners following strong commodity price gains. "We're seeing a little bit of strength after gains in the US overnight since ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... sell-off, if there had been one. There's the IMF report reminding all and sundry (one more time) that the world still faces "major downside risks..." from Europe. "Advanced economies are experiencing weak and bumpy growth... " and an oil supply shock ...

Australian Ethical builds adviser products

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... Australian Ethical said it will focus on expansion plans in superannuation with product development also a priority. "Super is a major growth area in financial services and developing our products and services around super remains a vital part of our ...

Asteron Life completes $10m platform upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... adviser feedback on what they want from a life risk specialist. "The overarching piece about all this is we haven't done a major product overhaul since we launched the Asteron Life platform a few years ago, the feedback we got from advisers is that we ...