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SMSF closures drop 75% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... months to June 2014, while 9,676 SMSFs wound up in June 2013. However, the ATO data is preliminary and it only includes wind ups initiated by trustees and those that were closed as a result of ATO compliance and cleansing activity. Preliminary figures ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... monetary policy." That's fine. Especially, because the Japanese equity market had mainly been reacting to the Japanese currency's ups and downs since Shinzo Abe was re-elected Japanese prime minister on December 2012 and the BOJ announced its QE policy ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

SMSF wind up trend is not real: SuperGuardian

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... average for every five funds established, one was wound up. SMSF establishments were on average of 34,800 a year and wind-ups of 7,800 a year. "This hardly presents a picture of disillusionment", SuperGuardian Xpress Super chief executive Olivia Long ...

FEATURE: Have we reached the tipping point for managed accounts?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... technological innovations, and find out whether new efforts from traditional platform providers as well as bids by smaller start ups can finally make inroads into the tough to penetrate adviser market by improving outcomes for investors and promote ease ...

CareSuper, Crowe Horwath partner to wind up SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... CareSuper noted that the latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) point at an increasing trend of SMSF wind ups, with 7,653 trustees shutting down their individual fund between 2012 and 2013. "Lots of people have set up an SMSF thinking ...

Default pensions 'very logical' solution: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
A MySuper-style default retirement product could be "a very logical" way to encourage retirees to take income streams rather than lump sums, according to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden. Brogden's comments came in response ...

PineBridge launches DAA fund

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
A leading Australian public sector state fund has seeded the PineBridge Global Dynamic Absolute Return Fund. The global multi-asset class investment manager's first Australian managed fund adopts a dynamic asset allocation (DAA) investment approach ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
By all indications, Wall Street should have closed on the hop last night, but it didn't. The S&P 500 index ended practically unchanged - up 0.01% -- despite the FOMC announcing it's steady as she goes (as expected) and the economy rebounding in the ...

Praemium reports strong rise in SMA funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Record inflows of $320 million to Praemium's separately managed account platforms in the June quarter has seen the company post new highs for funds on platform. The group's Australian SMA platform grew $200 million in the three months to end of June ...