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Product dashboards critical to MySuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Online product dashboard provisions under MySuper legislation will be critical to defining how MySuper will work in practice. According to the project director of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) David Haynes, the product dashboard ...

Flight to SMSFs reshape super mindset

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
The exodus of individuals away from large superannuation funds and into self-managed super funds (SMSFs) has prompted some soul-searching among the major players. AustralianSuper and Hostplus will soon be launching "direct investment platforms" similar ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Despite fears of a global bond bubble, investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Now wasn't that just classic entertainment? I doubt that even the best of the best comedic minds could come up with a farce such as the one the Australian Labor Party delivered for our viewing, hearing and reading pleasure yesterday. For after all the ...

Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Corporate governance is still an issue of concern when investing in Asian markets and while international financial centres such as Singapore or Hong Kong have improved tremendously, there are still problems that need to be tackled. A survey conducted ...

Age pension is retirees' main income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
The age pension becomes the main source of income for Australians once they retire while their portfolio exposure to equities decreases as time passes. Justin Wood, a founding shareholder of Vinva Investment Management, explained to the Conference of ...

Gary Clifford awarded Trustee of the Year at CMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Gary Clifford, a board member of the Western Australia Fire and Emergency Services Super was awarded Trustee of the Year at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) that kicked off yesterday in Brisbane. Clifford has been a member of the ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
"The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red and, oh, the night's so blue And then I go and spoil it all by announcing saying something stupid like "we'll tax you I love you"." My apologies for messing up your immortal classic Frank ...

Macquarie to compensate Storm investors in $82.5m deal

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Macquarie Group Limited last week announced that it has reached an agreement to settle proceedings brought against it by investors advised by Storm Financial and who had Macquarie margin loan facilities. The settlement, an amount of $82.5 million including ...