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AMP Life appeals Supreme Court ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... Capital has maintained to unitholders that they should vote to keep the fund open, and has said previously that the majority of unitholders have expressed a desire to do so. This is because, as AMP Capital Funds Management chair Adam Tindall explained ...

ASFA backs super boost pledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... retirement." ASFA said that currently only 7% of Australian employees are making extra contributions to their super, with the majority of these people aged over 55. ASFA has also found less people are making additional contributions to their superannuation ...

Fund managers fleeing UK post-Brexit: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... performance would be negatively affected, compared to 19% for managers. Overall, though, the research suggested that the majority of investors and managers weren't too concerned about the potential investment fallout over the next 12 months; in fact ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... Markit reporting that "Incoming new work declines at steepest pace since December 2012". According to Markit, "The vast majority of June's survey responses were received ahead of the EU referendum, so the worry is that the ensuing political turmoil will ...

Supreme Court makes China Growth Fund EGM ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... than as a member. While LIM Advisors' wind-up proposal was widely publicised, AMP Capital has maintained that the majority of the fund's over-700 unitholders would prefer to keep it open. As AMP Capital Funds Management chair Adam Tindall explained earlier ...

Banks will always take more risk: APRA exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... purpose. "There's a balance of capital, liquidity, asset quality, and management risk. In the Australian case the vast majority of bankers, insurance executives and superannuation fund trustees are honest, competent people and they're not running a charity," ...

Majority of Masterfunds see losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Masterfunds ended the year to March 2016 down by 0.4% to total $668,7 billion, with the majority of leading companies reporting small or modest reductions in their MasterFund businesses, according to Plan For Life research. Macquarie group was the only ...

Align with super's purpose, not politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... imposed on a higher level of earnings in the super environment then what it would be under the existing rules. For the majority of SMSF members 15% is going to be a rate lower than the marginal tax rate," Ashenden said. He said for the individual there's ...

AMP Capital determined to keep China fund open

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... the push from activist investor LIM Advisors to wind up the AMP Capital China Growth Fund, AMP Capital has said the majority of unitholders would prefer enhancements to giving the fund the axe. Responding to the recent comments from LIM Advisors - echoed ...

Financial services needs more female leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... positions occupied by women is higher in public sector institutions. Australia is one of the exceptions whereby the majority of placements are among the private sector. Oliver Wyman said trends show that female representation at executive committee level ...