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Cooper Investors opens door to retail

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
With its first rating from Lonsec and a responsible entity mandate from Equity Trustees, $12 billion fund manager Cooper Investors is ready for the retail market. Lonsec has rated both the Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Hedged) and Cooper Investors ...

Female SMSF investors more focused on securing retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... wealth, with women aged between 35 and 50 displaying different share trading habits to men. According to the latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report, a comparison of men and women with both SMSF and personal trading accounts showed females invested ...

Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... accessibility, and high quality of research in the market which are making it easier for people to buy shares," nabtrade director of SMSF and investor behaviour, Gemma Dale said. "We also believe parents are encouraging their kids to make good financial ...

SuperStream ushers in digital era

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Ninety-five per cent of all superannuation payments between employers and the Australian Taxation Office are being performed digitally, five years after the roll out of SuperStream. The move to digital, which involved the co-operation of 200 APRA funds ...

Ignition Wealth expands leadership team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... technology and capabilities and the Irish wealth demographic. In the same month, the firm also launched the Ignition Wealth SMSF Appropriateness Tool to help financial advice clients determine their suitability for establishing a self-managed super fund ...

CommSec and CFS combine tech strengths

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
Financial advisers now have a new means of managing their high-net-worth and SMSF client investments with CommSec Adviser Services and Colonial First State coming together to launch a one-stop-shop portfolio service. Targeting advisers with HNW clients ...

Insto exodus fuelling HUB24 growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... investments in its Sydney offices, following on from a round of senior appointments which include former BT Financial Group head of SMSF Craig Lawrenson as chief operating officer. "Overall, we are pleased that HUB24 is continuing to grow and succeed. ...

Super FUM up 10pct to $2.3tn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... Within segments, not-for-profit (NFP) funds climbed 12% to $983 billion; small funds that include self-managed super funds (SMSF) and small APRA funds climbed 9.7% to $699 billion; and retail funds climbed 7.4% to $643 billion. These relative growth ...

SMSFA supports quarterly reporting proposal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... quarterly option as part of a position paper on event-based reporting for the transfer balance cap has been endorsed by the SMSF Association. SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive John Maroney says event-based reporting, which is needed to implement ...

Charter Hall launches new office fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... averaging around 2.3% and ASX-listed stocks yield an average 4%. "The launch of PFA provides an opportunity for investors and SMSF trustees and members to acquire an interest in quality buildings in major markets leased to credit-rated tenants on long ...