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Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
Navigator's most recent Australian equity sector review revealed that most active managers continue to outperform index managers, with those focusing on small caps and growth style investing getting the lion's share of returns. While Navigator's research ...

FPA preps members on conflicts of interest principles

... disclosure of advice fees - will take effect from 1 July. The other three principles, relating to product advice, remuneration and corporate governance requirements will come into effect over the next two years. "Implementation timeframes of the principles ...

Plan B refutes first mover claims on fee for service

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... high end financial planning group Godfrey Pemboke, who last week touted their switch to a purely fee for service remuneration model as a first in the industry. Plan B, who has 19,000 clients in both Australia and New Zealand, said it has been charging ...

Govt will not ban commissions: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Government will not step in and ban commission-based remuneration, said the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, who urged the advisory industry to sort it out among themselves. Speaking at an Investment and Financial Services ...

AMPFP scraps industry funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... not surprised" by the decision. IFS believes the reason for the low client demand had to do with AMPFP's adviser remuneration model rather than the performance and attractiveness of the funds themselves. "AMP's network of financial planners sells products ...

FPA stops short of backing member calls

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... give clients a better understanding of the value and cost of advice. Tucker's comments in support of fee for service remuneration models were reported last week and follow the recent introduction of MLC's MasterKey Fundamentals which claims to contain ...

NAB rolls out in-house planner strategy

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
... protection. Hondros added that all of their planners now offer a choice between fee for service and commission based remuneration. He said that it is a move to avoid the conflicts of interest shadow that has hung over the industry in recent years and ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

... also found that 'bad advice' is six times more likely if the adviser had a potential conflict of interest due to remuneration and three times more likely if the adviser is recommending in-house or associated products. And another problem highlighted ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... unfunded superannuation liabilities. The first meeting of the board will take place in coming weeks, while personal remuneration for the guardians is yet to be determined.

Tax aside, agribusiness still "worth a look"

... no ongoing payments. "We are looking for a deferred fee component in projects that adequately links the manager's remuneration to outcomes," he said. Mercer agrees that the sector is "worth looking at", according to head of retail investment consulting ...