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Lift aged pension to 70: Productivity Commission

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
With Australia's population on track to reach 38 million by 2060, the Productivity Commission has released a research paper that warns now is the time to plan the policy responses that will be needed to cope with these demographic and economic changes. ...

SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... employees to add, remove, manage and pay contributions without paperwork. CBA conducted quantitative and qualitative research to understand the needs of SMEs and visited a number of companies to establish "the most time consuming and frustrating things ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... situation would be helped by companies reporting where earnings are derived from in greater detail. "More than ever, active research and security selection is crucial to navigating the investment world. To help people reach their individual objectives ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... point, and non-journalist critics such as Williams have failed to uncover the funding model while conducting their own research. When informed that it was not an investment, Williams charged that the joint venture was a waste of member money. He suggested ...

Skaffold makes Asia deal with Thomson Reuters

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013

Most super funds shun in-house investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... Australia (ASFA) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. "The main reasons cited for this were cost, scale and risk appetite," the research shows. The lack of skills or the risk appetite are also deterring most funds to bring their investment in-house. The finding ...

Standard Life Inv GARS fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... almost all investment conditions." Lonsec said risk management is tightly integrated into the investment process at the research and portfolio construction levels The SLI GARS Australian trust has achieved an 11.2% annualised return, gross of fees, since ...

HOSTPLUS direct investing option sees $9 million take-up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013

Digital shift leaves industry funds behind

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... survey. Today, about 65% of online Australians use social media and 75% of them log on from a smartphone, recent Sensis research shows. Facebook is the most popular social media network in Australia. Yet, less than a quarter of industry and corporate ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...