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Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... certainty of income and dividends. "Our portfolio is running on the yield of between 4 and 5 per cent. Whilst that may not sound fantastic compared with some of the domestic stocks, our gearing in our portfolio is around 30 to 35 per cent. There is very ...

Perpetual value in retirement : SelectingSuper

... before our analysts are allowed to consider any investment. They are conservative debt levels, recurring earnings stream, sound management and quality of business." Because of these strict criteria, Perpetual missed out on the LPT boom and the share ...

Managed accounts expands asset mix

Managed accounts are no longer limited to providing a platform for domestic and international equities. MA providers will soon include term deposits, fixed interest products, structured products and agribusiness. Speaking at the Financial Standard forum ...

Bad markets, good advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... markets is that they move up and down, so advisers and clients sometimes need to be reminded of the fundamentals for providing sound advice and investment selection." Thomas outlined three fundamental messages for advisers looking to work through a period ...

Silk and Vilgan join govt council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has boosted the superannuation industry's representation on the Financial Sector Advisory Council (FSAC) by appointing AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and QSuper chief executive Rosemary Vilgan to the group. The group is ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... oppose "vote renting" - where an investor borrows shares in order to vote on a transaction to secure a desired outcome. "Sound corporate governance practices increase investor confidence in the integrity and efficiency of the Australian capital market ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
New tax measures to employer superannuation guarantee (SG) penalties could mean employees receive their super payments faster while their employers will avoid making twice the SG on late payments. The Federal Government is proposing to change the Superannuation ...

Good billing helps SMSF admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
Outsourcing fund administration works if you have the right billing arrangement in place, said Andrew Bloore, chief executive of smartsuper, a self-managed super fund administrator. Speaking at the SPAA conference last week, Bloore said some accounting ...

Enron Part Two

... market periods, and there can be a tendency to cross the line. Other fraud can occur when a public company is deemed to be sound, but things are not working out, so the books are kept open for a little while longer," he said. As part of the answer, Solomon ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... risk and providing low returns. "The lack of viable options means people are parking their assets in cash and this is not a sound strategy for wealth creation," he said.