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Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... despite the risk portfolio of the member. "Many members who retired after the GFC were unprepared and they had diminished values at the time they accessed their benefits. A major contributor to this problem has been the asset allocations of those nearing ...

ETFs pull away from $5bn mark

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... access income or potential capital growth," said Corbett. "We expect the local ETF industry to grow significantly." Trading values of ETFs in the local market also increased 10% month on month, which, the review found, is indicative of a return in investor ...

RBC acquires 100pc RBC Dexia IS

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012

Major product changes ahead for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... to planners who are now in their late 50s." Barrett said licensees need to enable these planners to realise the capital values of their business and enable up-and-coming planners to be able to afford to buy a business. "That is a massive problem we have ...

Inaugural responsible investing platform launched

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... official launch of Australia's first responsible investing platform. The Emerald Wrap is a non-aligned platform that promotes values based advice and is dedicated to responsible investing. Dr James Gifford, who helped create the UN backed Principles ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... investment strategy." McCluskey said there is a misconception that responsible investing is about saving the world or inflicting values on investment portfolios instead of what it really is, which is assessing companies on how they are managed. "A company ...

Second exposure draft on IMR laws released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... resulted in many US-based funds making provisions for potential Australian tax liabilities that caused a decline in net asset values and unit redemption price. The second issue changes seek to address is the situation where a foreign managed fund is ...

UN Responsible Investment head joins Emerald launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... this is the ideal time for the new wrap. "The political climate, with both FOFA and the Carbon Tax is helping the case for values based financial planning. Clients are becoming more aware of the issues facing their investments and want to know their ...

Fiducian posts sustained half year results

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... new offices in key locations. "We are now making acquisitions of client bases at reasonable earnings multiples when asset values are lower. Since February 2011, we have acquired five client bases and allocated around $2 million of cash,' said Indy Singh ...

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... the GFC explained the impact of being blind-sided by the importance of capital markets development at the time. "We saw values continue to fall and what I saw a number of my peers doing was looking particularly at US stocks like general growth and then ...