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Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
Super funds and retail investors should consider adopting a risk based approach to portfolio construction and move away from traditional asset allocation, according to one global fund manager, to protect their investments against volatile markets. Global ...

ASIC to take hard line on deliberately misleading ads

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
ASIC is set to clamp down on misleading advertisments for financial products and services as part of its continued shake up of the financial services system. New guidelines released by ASIC commissioner Peter Kell emphasised the need for promoters to ...

Contrib caps improve super social equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
Tightening superannuation contribution caps over the past five years have significantly improved superannuation's social equity, claims a new research report from peak superannuation interest group ASFA. The report, the latest superannuation industry ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
This Greek second bailout issue has become like that 'Pringles' ad - once you pop, you can't stop. Just when we thought that all was hunky-dory with regards to the Grecian circus, errr, crisis -- that the a,-130 billion bailout "hrimata" (money) was ...

IFM wins legalsuper Aus equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Industry Funds Management has been given a $20 million Australian equities mandate from legalsuper. The funds will be managed within Industry Funds Management's (IFM) Strategic Australian Equities process led by executive director, listed equities Clyde ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Hero! Legend! Happy Valentine's Day Greece. I heart you Greece. There's no two ways about it, financial markets responded with a warm, fuzzy feeling (in their pockets) to the Greek Parliament's V-day present - approval of the latest austerity package ...

New data questions SMSF inflows

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
New data indicates SMSF net inflows may be decelerating, both in terms of dollars and as a percentage of average assets, raising questions about whether the market has reached its peak. Andrew Baker, managing partner of Tria Investment Partners, identified ...

SuperStream exposure draft a positive step

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
The industry has welcomed the Government's exposure draft legislation and a draft explanatory memorandum, detailing new proposed legislation to improve the administration and management of super accounts through the SuperStream reforms. The draft is ...

Best interest to put focus on risk: Instreet

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The contentious best interest clause in the FOFA legislation will place more of an onus on advisers to prove they are experts on the products they recommend to clients. That's according to asset management firm Instreet Investment, which has developed ...

Fixed asset allocation outdated: Schroders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
An unconstrained asset portfolio where allocations are free to move is the best model for the current environment, according to Schroders. Simon Doyle, head of fixed income and multi-asset said that while most of the industry is still operating on fixed ...