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Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

... within twelve months that number would be greater than 50 per cent," he said. Tucker stressed that the move is not a "good versus evil debate between commissions and fees" but is about providing consumers with choice and improved transparency on what ...

Super benefits buried under gobbledygook

... those who know the meanings of 'commutable', 'non-commutable', 'pension RBL', spouse 'LE', ETP low rate thresholds, TAPs versus APs, to name a few. Anderson said that a financial planner who is well versed in superannuation gobbledygook may add hundreds ...

Daily economic update

... Year/-on-year, the US producer price index is up by 5.7 per cent from 5.4 per cent in December. The core rate is up 1.5 per cent versus 1.7 per cent at the end of 2005. However, the Fed is more concerned with what the final buyer must pay, rendering ...

Daily economic update

... 1.2 per cent gain in November. The number of approvals granted to owner-occupiers increased by 0.9 per cent in December versus a gain of only 0.4 per cent in the preceding month. The general consensus that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

... survey also revealed that only 19 per cent of the biggest shareholders in the companies chose to get a full annual report versus 38 per cent three years ago. Meanwhile, the concise annual report also failed to meet the needs of those choosing not to ...

INVESCO to make waves in retail market

... Japan fund, following the strong performance of the group's Asian fund which returned 49.7 per cent in the year to December versus its benchmark's lower 32.9 per cent gain. "This is not a knee-jerk reaction. This fund is essentially one of the underlying ...

Let's get ethical: Hunter Hall

... retirement at the same time, with the group's Global Ethical Trust returning a high 26.4 per cent over the year to December versus its benchmark's much lower 17 per cent gains. Jack Lowenstein, Hunter Hall's deputy chairman and member of the investment ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

... application in the Australian market," O'Brien added. According to Citigroup, ETFs are a $460 million industry in the country versus the more mature US market which boasts a $230 billion in assets under management as of last year. While retail investors ...

City slickers to face higher bankruptcy rates: ITSA

... year. On a more positive note, the incidence of bankruptcies across the country in the last quarter fell by 9.04 per cent versus the same period last year. And Western Australia staved off financial hardship thanks to its booming resources sector. But ...

Super savings close in on hitting $800 billion: APRA

... performed strongly compared to the June quarter where overall return on assets hovered around the 2.5 to 3.5 per cent bracket versus the most recent 5 to 6 per cent returns. Meanwhile, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have continued on their upward trajectory ...