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Back to basics key to planners successs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... becoming evident. "The reality of the past few years of financial market turbulence is that planners have been forced to focus more time and energy on looking after their existing clients," said McCarthy. "This has meant that looking at the strategy ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... it to be a very positive experience. It's certainly allowed us to market, distribute and have a much wider international focus to our business," she said. Having set up a Dublin-based sub-fund for TAAM through RBC Dexia in 2007, Treasury Group liked ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... features. "In the advice space I used to speak about platforms trying to be everything for advisers but what they really need to focus on is the administration," she said. "Don't worry about all these other bells and whistles and what other people are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... expensive and could cut into earnings. Macy's Inc fell 3.4 per cent, while Wal-Mart Stores Inc dropped one per cent. The focus on China and the euro came on a quiet day for news, with light trading volume signalling that many investors were staying out ...

Fortitude launches retail offering

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... to have its product on their platforms. The expected launch date is 1 July. "Our product is based around cash. "The major focus [is] about protecting capital and producing better than cash returns," she said. A key element to the new product is daily ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... industry about who is the best fund is puerile," said Clitheroe. "It's not helping consumers one little bit." Clitheroe said focus groups have shown that when investors were asked why they were not putting more into superannuation or taking more action ...

Singapore HNWs to pour funds into equities

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... found fixed income would see the biggest reallocation among HNW portfolio in the next two years. "HNWs in Singapore will focus more on equities and alternatives investments and move away from cash and near-cash products and fixed income," said Harry ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Executive changes continue at researcher van Eyk with head of distribution Brian Long and business development manager Luke Fitzgerald moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher on Thursday as BP's agreement on a $US20 billion fund for victims of the United States oil spill lifted Wall Street to a modest gain. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share ...

SMSF education gains traction

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... content. The site includes content from a variety of professionals in the industry and collates this into categories with a focus on relevance and quality. This is then accessed by trustees and other members as a form of electronic library of information. ...