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CBA wealth division posts strong rise in profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm has posted a net after tax profit of $334 million, its half-year result shows. The profit growth in the wealth division, which includes Colonial First State, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and ...

FSC to seek inquiry extension

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
To ensure fair fees are paid for the management of all charitable trusts in Australia, the Financial Services Council yesterday said it would seek an extension to a Federal Government inquiry. Financial Services Council (FSC) senior policy manager Eve ...

Insto property investors forced overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... hotel assets under management in Australia. She adds that there are further opportunities in industrial storage space. Modern warehouses with hi-tech facilities and connections to major ports and infrastructure are in great demand. "Container port trade ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
They can put any spin on it they want but you know, and I know, and even your uncle's dog knows that 'twas just another ordinary day on equity markets overnight. Wall Street and Europe closed higher 'supposedly' because the Israelis and the Palestinians ...

CSSA calls out default fund selection

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... selection of default super funds being incorporated in the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012. "If a fund does not appear in enough Modern Awards it will be unlikely to survive because it cannot be chosen as a default super fund. "Major funds may be forced ...

Super reforms hasten fund consolidation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Sweeping reforms such as MySuper and SuperStream, a move to drive down costs and an urgent need for funds to modernise their process will accelerate the consolidation of superannuation funds and shake out smaller bodies less able to compete, according ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... policy and we question, the appropriateness of FWA making decisions with respect to the selection of superannuation funds in modern awards." Up until now the FWA has been running the system, and Fox said that to this point it has not worked. "It is difficult ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... select an alternative unlisted MySuper product. The Government is supporting the selection of default funds for inclusion in modern awards to be undertaken by the expert panel within Fair Work Australia (FWA) and rejects the right to unilateral employer ...

ACSI lends weight to ASX plan for rights issues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) supports an ASX proposal to reduce the timetable for rights issues to 16 days. The ASX consultation on modernising the timetable for rights issues would see 10 days sliced off the current standard ...