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European managers in property buying spree

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015

AIST opposes SG charge reductions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... itself." Between 2010 and 2014 the ATO has raised, on average, $640 million in SG charge liabilities (penalties with interest) for non-compliance. It has collected about half of these penalties. AIST believes that the SG charge is necessary to protect ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
An increasing downward pressure and competition on superannuation fees may force super funds to become more passive in their investment strategies and potentially impair members' retirement savings. REST Industry Super chair Ken Marshman expressed this ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... by 1.4%; the Russell 2000 by 1.5%. This is hardly surprising Virginia, the Fed was damned that it's going to do lift interest rates and now... damned that it didn't. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) this morning quoted director of research and senior ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years. Presenting to some 800 advisers at Sydney's Westin Hotel ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... depending on which side of the fence one sits - to more of the same. The US Federal Reserve decided to do nothing and leave interest rates where they were since 16 December 2008, at 0-0.25%. It's you, not me. Not America: "On balance, labor market indicators ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... sector that many funds have strong relationships with, or indeed invest in. "Such directors are more likely to have an interest that is not aligned with members, potentially leading to more conflicts of interests on super fund boards." But speaking on ...

Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
The federal government should be borrowing "with its ears pinned back" to exploit low interest rates and stimulate growth rather than starving the economy of capital to establish nation building projects. Addressing an investment forum in Sydney yesterday ...

TWU Super appoints chief executive for third gig

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
TWU Super consultant Bill McMillin will take the reins as chief executive for the second time in three years, also marking his third stint in the top role. TWU Super chair David Galbally announced yesterday that McMillin will return to the role in a ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... who can and can't sit on the boards of super funds. "Of the 10 proposed laws, not one addresses serious conflicts of interest in the profit-driven, vertically-integrated wealth management arms of the banks," the ISA statement said.