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More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... PPP deals are oft-cited concerns for the long-term investment community. Demand side solutions however should be on the table too - and super funds given a chance to participate in the dialogue, Noble says. Throwing congestion charging such as has been ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... stymies its ability to more effectively prosecute its goals. "Using 5% of assets to address mission effectively takes off the table 95% of the assets that represent the corpus or endowment of the institution. "That means we enter the mission arena with ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... savings gap is reduced by $200 billion." Brogden said that it was critical that the Federal Government use an upcoming round table on superannuation, announced in January, to prevent this savings deficit impacting the federal budget. He said this outcome ...

Saxo Bank's iPad app optimises trading

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has announced the launch of its updated mobile trading app which is now optimised for iPad use. Users with the current Saxo app on their iPhone or iPad will automatically receive ...

Separate wealth from income strategy: Merton

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Thinking about a wealth goal for members isn't remotely the same as a member-specific income goal and strategy - which should be the next generation solution for securing retirement income. That's according to Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton ...

Macquarie invests in mobile apps for advisers/brokers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Macquarie is expanding access to its insights and information by further investing in range of mobile applications for its advisers and mortgage brokers. Following the successful launch of four mobile applications during the past year, Macquarie's long-running ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... divide between rich and poor is bigger than ever before, "the voter is angry, and rightly so," he said, speaking at a round table yesterday. China is a "slow moving freight train", weaning itself off its dependency on Australian commodities, Stephen ...

Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Much of the USD$35 billion analyst firm Ovum expects global wealth management to spend on IT by 2016 will be in digital channels. According to forecasts from the global analysts, between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend ...

Vision Super chief steps down

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... councils in Victoria was not likely to be an impediment to any future tie-ups. "Even with Equipsuper that issue was on the table and essentially the old LASF [Local Authority Superannuation Fund] was going to be quarantined in terms of the liabilities ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... to him investors therefore need to think carefully about the different risk or return elements each asset brings to the table. "A good example is commodities - they don't have a discount rate whereas both equities and bonds do. "So, while bonds have ...