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Cbus chair Steve Bracks to resign

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Cbus chair Steve Bracks will resign as chair of the Cbus board to accept a federal government position as Australian Consulate-General in New York. Bracks joined the board in 2009 and his resignation will become effective from 1st September 2013. "Under ...

Standard Life Inv Absolute Return Bond fund open to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Standard Life Investments (SLI) is looking to build on the success of its top-selling Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund by making its Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies fund available to Australian investors. Like GARS, the Absolute ...

Advice proposition props up mortgage broker market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
A focus on providing customers with tailored advice has helped the mortgage broking industry retain its market share in the face of strong competition from the lending market, according to Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) chief executive ...

ASIC sends warning to property spruikers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has revoked the credit licence of Money Choice Pty Ltd after an investigation found the company had failed to comply with credit laws. The Melbourne-based company's director, Matthew George ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... $200,000) into a special account with an authorised deposit taking institution. If they do, the account balance including interest earned will be exempt from pension means testing for up to 10 years as long as there are no withdrawals. People who are ...

Family office 3rd generation more engaged with investments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... family members has become once again interested on trade investment. "Some of the family members of generation three are interest on adopting an entrepreneurial spirit and on engaging in more trading businesses, so I am seeing that there will be a bit ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... big-name hedge fund managers come to share their "best ideas" with other wealthy investors". Looks like a case of self interest (it's well-known that he has shorted the A$) meets self-fulfilling prophesy to moi. Or was it the almost across-the board ...

Rate cuts prompt SMSF cash exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
A wave self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are swaping their cash holdings for fixed interest and direct property investments, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. Falling cash rates mean that term deposits and savings ...

Elders Rural sale a growth prospect

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Elders Rural Services (ERS) sale process is "proceeding well," according to Elders Financial Planning chief executive Helen Lorigan. Elders Limited announced the sale process for ERS, one of its main businesses, in late 2012 and considered the sale ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Australian superannuation fund First Super has expressed strong concerns at 'on-going governance issues' at JP Morgan and has resolved to take action at the annual general meeting. The $1.7 billion industry fund said it would contact its international ...