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Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The federal government has created a Superannuation Advisory Group to provide technical expertise and consultation on relevant proposals within the superannuation industry. The Superannuation Advisory Group met at Parliament House in Canberra for the ...

Aviva breaks industry fund hurdle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Wealth management group Aviva has stolen the march on rival industry funds by combining industry fund-style simplicity with retail fund-style service in its Navigator Business Super. It's like Aviva has capitulated to, and yet conquered, competition ...

Clay Finlay re-invents growth

When investing gets tough, the tough re-defines investing. Or at least that's how global equities manager Clay Finlay explains how it will spot growth stocks in plunging markets. The new chief executive and chief investment officer team of the global ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
There's not much point to Australia's terms of trade being at record levels if all it does is drive up our currency and keeps us suffocating under a current account deficit that just won't budge. The terms of trade are a measure of the prices we pay ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The Australian stock market fell over three per cent following large falls on Wall Street last week and dragged down by local banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 172.4 points or 2.95 per cent lower at 5399.7 points, while the broader ...

Check the fine print: GESB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Superannuation fund members are being urged to check the finer details of their super statements to maximise their retirement savings. Michele Dolin, Government Employees Super Fund (GESB) chief executive, said consolidating accounts, co-contributing ...

Russell appoints CIOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Russell Investment Group has appointed Christophe Caspar and Symon Parish to chief investment officers (CIOs) of the Asia Pacific and Australasian businesses respectively following Peter Gunning's promotion. Caspar has been involved with Russell Investment ...

ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane to close an illegal managed investment scheme involving $14.5 million being operated by unregistered New Zealand-based Risqy ...

Disclose fees or pay $300,000 fine

Investment advisers and brokers in New Zealand must disclose their fees and remuneration upfront to investors, under new rules that come into effect today. The same rules also apply to advisers' and brokers' advertising. "Anyone who gives investment ...

Money changes hands

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
The surging Australian dollar due to the collapse in the greenback is quickening the pace of the US's economic fall and pointing to looming revisions in how we manage the global currency system. Illustrating the concerns, an online poll on the Fat Prophets ...