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When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... last time it was near these levels was in 1990 (that preceded the 1991 recession) a and in 1985 (Australia escaped the technical definition of a recession back then only because a positive March quarter 1986 GDP growth came between the contractions in ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... year, with SPAA warning SMSF trustees to be prepared despite the lack of available information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan George told delegates at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane today that the bill that will ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Speaking at the 10th SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane AMP SMSF head of policy & technical, Peter Burgess, said penalties that were introduced into parliament last year had now been re-introduced and gave ...

Ausbil appoints external auditor to investigate fund fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Ausbil Dexia has sought the assistance of an external auditor to investigate technical problems around the fee structure of its Emerging Leaders Fund. Ausbil director of distribution Adam Lancaster confirmed to Financial Standard that the company has ...

EQT hires AMP exec to target financial adviser relationships

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... research analyst and business development consultant, and at ANZ as a financial planner. "Mani brings a great wealth of technical investment knowledge to the role, with insight across all asset classes, as well as asset allocation and creating portfolio ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Equity-like fixed income areas and higher real-yielding sovereigns in developing markets can provide strong bond opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... Lew was reported last week saying that if the debt ceiling wasn't raised from 27 February the US was likely to be in technical default on its debt. The clean debt ceiling bill is also likely to reinforce growing confidence in the US economic recovery ...

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... investment services manager at ASX, was keen to stress that the participating managed funds will not be 'listed' in the technical sense. "It is not a way to trade units in managed funds between investors on the market. It is not a secondary market," ...

Prime Super and HIP to merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Industry superannuation funds Prime Super and Health Industry Plan (HIP) will merge later this year to create a fund with almost $2.4 billion in funds under management and 150,000 members. Under the new arrangement, Prime Super chief executive Lachlan ...

SPAA to use networking technology at conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014