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Trustees warned about unintentional SMSF contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees have been warned that unintentional or mistimed contributions could get them in hot water with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "Even the most carefully constructed contribution strategy can fail if the timing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... in "the distant horizon", said Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets mostly treaded water as traders digested better-than-expected German investor sentiment data and an all-important US Federal Reserve policy meeting ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
An exploration of systemic changes and 'fairer capitalism' is needed encourage longer term, more sustainable investment according to a recent Mercer paper. "The growing call for capitalism to be 'fairer' or 'more sustainable' is not going away. In fact ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
More often than not, it's good to know that one is in good company. I bet not a few of you gentle readers believed more the "Fed would unwind soon" headlines than this column's musing that, "that time is not yet". Yeah, the equity markets' performance ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... local trend for Japanese consumers to prefer local stores to supermarkets. The fund also has a sizeable position in Manila Water, a utility company in the Philippines which is winning water and sewerage contracts all over the Philippines, Vietnam and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... possible pick-up in the share price today, as investors look to collect the 96 cents a share on offer, may hold us above water," he said. However, he said, the gains on the local market would be moderated by weak leads from the US overnight. US stocks ...

Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... retail investors alike are increasingly allocations to the asset class with areas such as regulated utilities, toll roads and water, as well as transmission and distribution, offering stable income streams with defensive characteristics. "Investors were ...

Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... still just the tip of the ice berg," he said. "Most major institutional investors still only have their toe dipped in the water with 1%-2% allocations. We believe there is still a huge opportunity to grow." Neuberger Berman has specifically targeted ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... benefit," Stevens said. "Then there is the SuperStream 'onion'. The more you peel, the more is revealed, the more your eyes water. This will not be solved with a simple file translation and message service as some believe; it is about reengineering business ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Reforms to the tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuity (DLA) products has added greater security for Australian retirees, according to Towers Watson. The new rules, if enshrined by legislation, remove inconsistencies between the manner deferred annuities ...