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Financial Planning

Qld investors like it hot

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Queenslanders have the biggest appetite for risk when it comes to investing, according to research undertaken by Aviva.

Macquarie takes first in full service broking

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Macquarie has been confirmed as the leading full service stockbroker for 2006 according to IRESS Market Data.

S&P shows confidence in Fidelity

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
Standard & Poor's has shown confidence in Fidelity's Global Equities Fund after a restructure which saw the fund move from a multiple portfolio manager model to a single new portfolio manager, re-issuing a rating on the fund of Three Stars New.

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

Canadian pension funds returned a healthy 12.9 per cent for their CAD$340 billion in funds under management in the year ended 31 December 2006, according to global investor services group RBC Dexia Investor Services.

ACT Super to review investment in tobacco and nukes

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
The ACT Government superannuation fund has investments in tobacco firms, arms manufacturers, uranium producers and the gambling industry, it has been revealed.

ASFA targets extra super contributions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Federal Government to introduce 'soft compulsion' opt-out arrangements for additional employee super contributions and to make co-contribution benefits more readily available ...

Superpartners chief resigns

Superpartners, the country's largest superannuation administrator, is looking for a new chief executive after long-time chief executive officer, Frank Gullone, resigned.

Investors want cash from companies

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Investors want companies to start giving them more cash back, according to a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers.

Public companies could learn from private equity: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
According to Tyndall, private equity managers are providing a shining example to public company directors of the level of outperformance they should be aiming for, as equities returns look set to dry up in the second half of 2007.

Employers should give TFNs to super funds: Mercer

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Australians could be spared a hefty tax hit on employer super contributions if disclosure rules were amended so employers could provide super funds with employee tax file numbers, according to Mercer.