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Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... acknowledge that some of the MRRT-related expenditure measures that are to be repealed or revised by the bill are "worthy in nature" but would be "fiscally irresponsible" to leave unfunded. With regard to the LISC, the committee acknowledged the concerns ...

Cbus shifts custody from NAB to JP Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... funds under management over that period of time." NAB has been going through a large-scale, company-wide restructure, the nature of which has largely remained opaque. It is not clear how the custody business has been affected by this, though it did result ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
"The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern". (unknown) The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that wrought deaths and disaster ...

Magellan High Conviction fund 'Recommended' by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... Zenith believes investors should be aware of the additional risks associated with this Fund due to its highly concentrated nature and the differentiated portfolio construction process."

DNR gets $200m IOOF mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... Nicol Reid has beaten or exceeded the benchmark in every one of the last 10 calendar years. Lonsec said the high conviction nature of the strategy means the portfolio is likely to take significant bets away from the benchmark. Returns (and by extension ...

HOSTPLUS targets SMSFs with direct infra option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... the investment required. The HOSTPLUS pooled trust will also have no minimum investment. However, he said the illiquid nature of infrastructure means HOSTPLUS may have to put a limit on how much can go into the direct infrastructure option. Addressing ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... was successful because the industry participants involved came to the decision to close the market. But the widespread nature of the attack reinforced the need for continual improvement in communications between securities exchanges, market participants ...

Dalton Nicol Reid consistency rewarded with Lonsec upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... tax-aware style which suits high net worth and separately managed account (SMA) investors." Lonsec said the high conviction nature of the strategy means the portfolio is likely to take significant bets away from the benchmark. Returns (and by extension ...

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... tax being avoided. In sentencing Stoddart, Judge Long S.C. commented: "These offences are of a kind that are serious in nature, as they affect the integrity of Australian taxation system, thus directly impact on the Australian community. This is particularly ...