Investment PERRY LUCAS | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 AMP Capital's Perry Lucas takes a fresh look at the evolving world of direct infrastructure investment. Read more  DON HAMSON | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 Most equities strategies do not take into account the fact that different investors are taxed differently. Plato managing director Don Hamson explains how a strategy can be tailored specifically for zero tax investors such as retirees. Read more Retirement  JEREMY COOPER , AARON MINNEY | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 Challenger's Jeremy Cooper and Aaron Minney take a look at the retirement phase of superannuation, advocating the inclusion of longevity protection products in addition to the standard account based pensions. Read more  ANTHONY ASHER | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 As Australia's population reaches unprecedented levels of longevity, UNSW's Anthony Asher addresses some of the associated risks and proposes some controversial solutions. Read more CATHERINE NANCE | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Catherine Nance has a thorough look at how those now approaching retirement age will reshape the financial services industry. Read more TREVOR HARRIS | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 Rainmaker's professional standards officer Trevor Harris runs through some of the tax benefits and pitfalls of transition to retirement pensions. Read more Administration & Management LYNDA PETROVSKI | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 Global Partnerships Executive Solutions managing director Lynda Petrovski shares some tips on being an outstanding leader in the financial services industry. Read more  JONATHAN STEFFANONI | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 In this provocative piece, QMV Super Solutions' legal consultant Jonathan Steffanoni asks some questions around the regulation of SMSFs that are sure to raise some hackles. Read more Cover Story JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 As one-time chair of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper knows Australia's superannuation system as well as anyone. His recommendations led to the Labor government's Stronger Super reforms, which radically changed the way the system operates. Many ... Read more |
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SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes
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A fresh start
JONATHAN ARMITAGE
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Colonial First State chief investment officer Jonathan Armitage has a clear-eyed focus on positioning the fund manager as the first choice for retirement and investment savings. Anchoring this ambition is a commitment to delivering stellar investment outcomes, a tenet that's served as his career North Star. Andrew McKean writes.
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2023's investor reality check
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