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Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Shareholders in listed investment company (LIC), India Equities Fund, have voted to return capital to investors - highlighting another example of the weaknesses of LIC vehicles. More than 95 per cent of the fund's investors voted for the board's proposed ...

HOSTPLUS and ME Bank open shop

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
HOSTPLUS and ME Bank have opened a full service retail outlet on the Gold Coast, marking the super fund and the bank's foray into providing traditional banking services - but with superannuation advice available, too, if their customers request it. ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
SMSFs' investments in exotic assets including art may be banned if the Cooper Review's recommendations go ahead - but one of the review's panelists, Meg Heffron, said art is still an option for investors, if they restructure their fund. Heffron, one ...

Telstra unveils defensive growth strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Telstra Super has launched a "Defensive Growth" investment option for members whose risk appetite may have lessened in the medium term, but want to participate in capital growth through growth assets. The option was launched on 1 July. The objective ...

Don't bank on broad themes: BTIM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Investors can't rely on broad themed-based strategies and should focus on picking the best stocks, according to one of the largest fund managers in Australia. Crispin Murray, head of equity strategies at BT Investment Management (BTIM), said the fund ...

TFN should be member ID: Cooper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Cooper Review has recommended tax file numbers (TFNs) become the primary super fund member identifier to improve member processing and make it easier for them to switch funds. The set of reforms called "SuperStream" is designed to improve back office ...

Cooper Review wants bigger role for APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Super System Review's recommendation to expand APRA's role among superannuation could be the key to unlocking many of the potential benefits arising from the Review. This direction in the recommendations is strategically crucial because it is not ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Fund managers and super funds are responding to the 'credibility gap' in the wake of the GFC with major reforms to the way they structure fees, create products and meet their fiduciary duties, research found. This week, UK-based CREATE-Research released ...

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Aviva Investors has implemented the Cadis EDM platform to its US-based office and plans to roll out the data management platform to its other offices globally. Cadis was selected after a two-week trial and review that ensured the platform could replace ...