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Philanthropic trust awards $2m biomedical research grants

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Ramaciotti Foundations, a philanthropic trust managed by Perpetual, last night announced the recipients of the annual Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research. The main award of $1 million went to the Centenary Institute's Cytometry research program ...

AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has appointed a senior executive from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) as new chief executive. Yasser El-Ansary will be AVCAL chief executive starting ...

ASIC questions SMSF advice in proposed guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) has called into question the quality of advice given to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) investors in proposed guidance the regulator released today. "There is a need to improve the ...

Data security emerging as a superannuation risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Consumer expectations for online account access and the push for e-commerce solutions as part of Super Stream mean data security will emerge as one of the biggest risk priorities for super funds. However, most super funds are not equipped to handle ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower after the United States' condemnation of chemical weapon attacks in Syria triggered sharp falls on Wall Street. After opening on Tuesday, the All Ordinaries were down 24.8 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 5,102.3. ...

FIIG targets SMSFs with low-limit corporate bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has cut the lower corporate bond investment limit to $10,000 in a move to attract more investment from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. FIIG had previously put the limit at $50,000, which was itself ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is slightly lower in early trading as investors await a key economic meeting and the release of data in the United States later this week. "We're looking at a fairly cautious trading day ahead of some key market events coming ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

AdviserEdge Melbourne kicks off on 14 July

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... energised and passionate about what they do everyday," Baz Gardner, Principal and Founder of The Social Adviser said. Day 1 will equip you with the building blocks you need to develop your social strategy, day 2 will focus on the key tools every adviser ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
After sharp falls in its previous session, the Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European bourses on encouraging manufacturing data out of Europe. At 0813 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract ...