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SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Sovereign wealth funds (SWF) have grown to US$5 trillion but still account for just 6% of world funds under management, according to new research from Rainmaker. The SWF sector has grown 10% pa over the past four years and is on its way to reaching ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead and after indications Greek will get a pro-austerity, pro-euro government. At 0745 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 4,078. ...

ATO warns on structured products

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Tax Office has issued a warning on sophisticated structured financial products that claim to offer franking credits among tax benefits to investors. Michael D'Ascenzo, tax commissioner at the ATO has said the products involved claimed ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in partnership with Women in Super, has kicked off its one day 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Up and down it goes, where it ends nobody knows. Wall Street was down again last night, after being up the previous day and down the day before. This sawtooth trading pattern hardly comes as a surprise given the great uncertainty over the outcome of ...

PPM moves to meet IMA demand

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Private Portfolio Managers has appointed Andrew Beirne to its team in anticipation of continued growth in demand for individually managed accounts among family offices, charities and wealthy individuals. "Investors are increasingly rejecting managed ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Ho-hum. Some may find riding the current stock market see-saw exciting but I'm beginning to get bored. Certainly what we're going through right here, right now is the stuff histories are made of, but there's only so much a man can take - especially ...

EOFY: Review of super contributions essential

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
To avoid clients being hit with tax penalties on excess contributions advisers should be reviewing their salary sacrificing arrangements, according to industry experts. The concessional super contributions cap is legislated to reduce from $50,000 to ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Health Industry Plan (HIP) has formed a strategic partnership with IOOF subsidiary, Bridges Financial Services for fee-for-service, flexible and scalable advice. According to HIP, transparency of cost structures and the provision of single and multi-issue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls in US stocks overnight after initial optimism on Spain's bailout fizzled. At 0744 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 45 points at 4,062. In economic news ...