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Over 50s want to work longer, survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Employer attitudes towards older people in the workforce are improving as employees show a willingness to work longer, according to a study commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC). The report, which was conducted by Kreab & Gavin Anderson ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... to the week as renewed concern over tensions in Ukraine weighs on global markets. Wall Street and European markets lost ground on Friday as Ukraine ratcheted up military operations against pro-Russian rebels in the country's east. Despite the weak lead ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... through the early parts of 2014, it is if nothing else notable that since early March, the broader market has held its ground near new highs while both small caps and consumer discretionary stocks have departed definitively lower." Perhaps the most worrying ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently invest heavily in cash and Australian equities, but hold very little in middle ground assets that provide better returns than cash but better protection than equities. But SPAA also said that, as the largest ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... a glance, Australia's homogenous 'banks-and-resources' share market does not look like the most promising alpha hunting ground. But according to some of Australia's leading boutique fund managers, appearances can be deceiving. James Fernyhough reports. ...

FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the two winners of the inaugural Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) university research grants. A team from Griffith University and a consortium of academics from Griffith University, University ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

"Free set up" SMSF administrator pays infringement notice over bogus claims

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Self- managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration company SuperHelp Australia (SuperHelp) has paid a $10,200 infringement notice penalty after making potentially misleading statements about the cost of setting up an SMSF. ASIC's concerns related ...

AustralianSuper insurance premiums to rise by 35%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... claims and the losses suffered by insurers. AustralianSuper was working closely with its insurer, TAL, to "find a middle ground, to try to reduce volatility and to avoid results changing dramatically depending on the market condition." He revealed that ...

HESTA non-committal on Transfield divestment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Industry super fund HESTA has given no commitment to divest from Transfield Services, following calls for it to do so from the Australian Services Union (ASU). The ASU national executive adopted the resolution on Wednesday, on the grounds that ASU members ...