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Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
There seems to be a sense of calm in the financial markets these days. An eerie calm that makes one wonder what lies inside investors' heads. And usually times like these - times when the market is consolidating - they suggest that the market may have ...

PJC releases MySuper report

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
The PJC is recommending the government redraft the MySuper Bill to clarify the clause relating to large employers and the provision of tailored MySuper products. In its 102-page report released this week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Commodities Decline on China Concern" -Bloomberg "Chinese growth concerns drag equities, $A lower" -Australian Financial Review "Investors Should Be Getting Out' of Stocks" -Bloomberg TV These were the Chicken Little headlines that ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
Super industry bodies have heralded last night's passing of the mining tax legislation, which paves the way for the gradual SG rise to 12 %, as an "historic" day for Australians. The legislation also provides for a super tax rebate for low-income earners ...

Co-contrib changes need advice strategy update

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
IOOF has cautioned advisers to prepare for the proposed reduction of the co-contribution matching rate from July 1, potentially impacting on a popular strategy for low income clients. Currently low income earners can co-contribute $1,000 into their ...

Super funds should refocus on fixed interest

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
Superannuation funds need to readjust their view of fixed interest to see its potential as a pre-retirement asset class and its complexities. Dr Doug McTaggart, chief executive of QIC, said that rather than super funds thinking about fixed interest ...

Ecofin Australia wins sustainable mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Sustainable investing fund manager Ecofin Australia has landed an offshore $25 million mandate investment for its global efficiency fund. Nicki Ashton, managing director of Ecofin Australia, told Financial Standard that while the firm cannot disclose ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Superannuation advocates' claims that SG contribution rates need to keep rising to fund retirement income replacement ratios of up to 70% might be based on flawed assumptions. Debate among financial planners in the US on retirement income replacement ...

Retail trumps wholesale in managed funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Unitised wholesale funds have dropped 9.3% over the year against a 5.1% decline in retail funds under management, on the back of nervous investors and volatile markets. The latest analysis on the managed funds market from Plan for Life Actuaries identifies ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
It was another ho-hum day in the financial markets overnight. It was an unspectacular boring day, no matter how much the finance and investment commentariat would like to have you believe otherwise. The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities ...