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Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Seniors advocate group COTA Australia is encouraged that politicians and the broader community are realising the importance and inter-relation of superannuation, taxation, and age pension policies. COTA chief executive Ian Yates recently said the policies ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
It's a hat trick. It's three for three. Three times that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wrong-footed market expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25% back in February when markets expected ...

Challenger boutique nominated for three Investor's Choice awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Challenger-owned WyeTree Asset Management was nominated in three EMEA categories for the 2015 Investor's Choice Awards. WyeTree is an alternative asset manager and part of Challenger's multi-boutique business, Fidante Partners. It was nominated for ...

Local Government Super names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Following the conclusion of Bruce Miller's two year term, Local Government Super director Craig Peate has been appointed chair of the board. Miller will continue as a director and has taken up the position of deputy chair while Peate brings more than ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
First quarter numbers on Wall Street are out, but they're not something to write home about. Eat our dust. The Dow ended 0.3% down and the S&P 500 index up by 0.4% in the first three months of 2015 - a significant underperformance compared with the ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Hyperion Asset Management is soft-closing its retail funds and has already completely closed its institutional business to new inflows. The soft closure for retail investors will take effect as at 30 April 2015. The fund manager will no longer accept ...

Argo to launch infrastructure LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Argo Investments plans to launch an ASX-listed infrastructure investment company. Argo Global Listed Infrastructure Limited will be actively managed by Cohen & Steers and will invest in a diversified global listed infrastructure securities and infrastructure ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Superannuation has now passed through $2 trillion and is well on its way to exceeding $9 trillion over the next 20 years, according to new research released by Rainmaker. While official figures are yet to confirm the $2 trillion marker has been crossed ...

Electricity sale fit for fixed income portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The long-term lease of New South Wales' electricity network offers opportunities for investors to access defensive, non-cyclical, monopoly style assets. This is the opinion of Aberdeen Asset Management after releasing research that analysed implications ...