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NAB enters SIV market with 21 compliant funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
NAB has unveiled a package of 21 compliant funds to assist overseas investors and their families with Australia's Significant Investor Visa (SIV). The SIV was introduced in November 2012 to attract migrants with a demonstrated history of success in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international bourses after US politicians reached a budget deal. At 0841 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 36 points at 5,089. US Democratic senator ...

Managed accounts specialist appoints CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The board of Local Government Super (LGS) will consider toughening its screening of investments in companies exposed to coal mining and other fossil fuels, but is unlikely to make any decisions before February, according to LGS head of sustainability ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The self-managed superannuation super (SMSF) sector is not being poorly regulated, according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery. Slattery's comments came in response to a recent survey in which around ...

Super must not commingle with banks: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Inquiry should focus on harnessing the power of super to fund Australia's real economy, as an alternative source of funding to the banking sector, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. In its submission to the draft terms of ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A decline in overall hedge fund returns relative to the wider equity market in the wake of the global financial crisis reflects a change in the demands of sophisticated investors, and is not a sign that alternatives are becoming less attractive, according ...

Industry and retail fund mergers on the cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
As the pressure on superannuation funds to merge increases, large industry funds may start looking to retail funds for merger opportunities, according to DST Global Solutions head of business development Rhys Octigan. Octigan said that technological ...

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Most financial service executives admit that career progression is difficult without "flexible" ethical standards and only 12% are confident in their knowledge of the regulatory environment, a CFA Institute research found. The global study, entitled ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has released a YoutTube video defending ASIC's "good work" and criticising what he termed an attempt by the media to "smear our staff and culture." He said these media ...