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APRA warns trustees about data integrity

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has written to superannuation fund trustees to outline its expectations on data integrity requirements, warning that while there has been some improvement, funds still have a good way to go before the industry ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat in anticipation of a slew of economic data from China. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.4 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,065.6 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index fell 3.6 points ...

Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Financial advisers are still expecting SMSF revenues to increase as a percentage of their practice revenue, despite cost of advice falling and the specialist skills required. The Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund Planner Report showed ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Corporate bonds are popular now among Australian investors but Swiss-based independent active alternatives investment manager GAM said they still need to be aware of the sector's risks. Corporate and securitised bonds comprise $55bn or 10% of the Barclays ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell amid lingering doubts over Spain's bailout package. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,065. In economic news on Thursday ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
There is the good news. The EU finally came through and is about to implement its first set of "breakthroughs" agreed upon at last month's summit. Eurozone finance ministers shook hands on the a,-100 billion aid promised to Spain, with an initial downpayment ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian men aged over 50, highly educated, financially literate and managing their own super are the most likely victims of organised investment fraud, according to a new report from the ACC. Minister of Justice Jason Clare yesterday released the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened higher, driven by lower than expected falls on US markets overnight. At 1050 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 4,135.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Alternative assets make up 20% of world pension fund FUM but these alternative investors are continuing to shun Asia in favour of more established markets in the US and Europe. The 20% alternative weighting, according to a Towers Watson survey of the ...