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Magellan prepping ASX-quoted version of infra fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Magellan Asset Management is replicating the structure of its innovative ASX-quoted managed fund for its global listed infrastructure fund. The move, expected to be completed in the first half of 2016, follows the success of the listed Magellan Global ...

AFA winner highlights retirement fears

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers' 2015 Adviser of the Year has said many of his clients are "afraid" of retirement, and not just because of financial concerns. Speaking at a Zurich event in Sydney, The Retirement Advice Centre retirement adviser ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Dear oh dear, the opening lines I intended to scribble on this momentous day have all been taken. "We have lift off". The Sydney Morning Herald already had first dibs. "The Fed Awakens". Not a chance, The Economist magazine got in first. "End of an ...

Magellan top earning ETP

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
The top earning international shares exchange traded product (ETP) didn't even exist 12 months ago. Its category didn't even exist. It's totally unlike nearly every other ETP on the market. It's not an index product and it's not a smart beta product. ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Ho ho ho! Santa's in town. That's the feeling one gets when one looks at the Australian equity markets' performance on the first trading day of that merriest month of the year. The S&P/ASX 200 index started the day strong and finished stronger - up ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Many pension funds and insurance companies around the world are staring insolvency in the face unless they adopt measures that address an imbalance between assets and liabilities. This is the view of OECD director financial and enterprise affairs, and ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
"One concern was that such a delay, if the reasons were not well understood by market participants, could increase uncertainty in financial markets and unduly magnify the perceived importance of the beginning of the policy normalization process." This ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be ...