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FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
The valuations of advice businesses compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation have increased in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. "Concerns around FoFA have not lowered valuation multiples and in some states they ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
The traditional broad market regional indices used by investors as the basis to construct portfolios are flawed, inadvertently giving rise to unexpected geographical exposures, according to one of the world's largest active investment managers Capital ...

Group insurance faces 'perfect storm'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
The current travails of the group insurance market may be just the beginning, with a "major blow-up" potentially around the corner, according to WA Super's general manager, client services, Paul Owen. "I've heard the words 'perfect storm' bandied around ...

Insurance profit falls 25% in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
Insurance companies' results for the twelve months to September 30, 2013, reflect the struggle that the industry is going through at the moment, with a 26.5% fall in net profit after tax in the last 12 months. The net profit after tax stood at $2.2 ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AllianceBernstein has launched a Global High Income Fund aimed at annuity investors seeking to diversify and gain access to a higher level of income. AllianceBernstein senior portfolio manager Jeremy Cunningham noted that annuity and term-deposit rates ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
Were it not for the Australia-Indonesia spat, financial market activity's turning out just as I feared at the start of this week - dull and boring. What's in a word? Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to say "sorry" (ala Johnnie Howard) only ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower as international markets fall. At 0845 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 26 points at 5,342. In economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor ...

Most super funds shun in-house investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Most superannuation funds do not intend to insource their investment management over the next three years, despite the fact that some have made moves in this direction. As many as 77% of industry, retail, corporate and public sector super funds' chief ...

Banned adviser spent client savings on sports car business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Sydney financial adviser Gabriel Nakhl which permanently prevents him from providing financial services after he used clients' cash on his sports ...

Standard Life Inv GARS fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Standard Life Investment's Global Absolute Return Strategies Trust (GARS) has been given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. The multi-asset fund aims to deliver a positive absolute return over the medium to long-term in all market conditions. It invests ...