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Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Benchmarking is close to being legislated, van Eyk's head of Strategic Research and Asset Consulting Jonathan Ramsay said during van Eyk's 10th annual conference last week. According to Ramsay, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
While AMP retained its top-ranking in the recent Plan for Life research, the numbers suggest big swings in market share and the top ten list.. The research focused on the life insurance risk market inflows and sales during 2012 and revealed that MLC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open weaker after a negative finish on Wall Street. At 0807 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was 19 points lower at 4,997 points, with 3,674 contracts traded. In economics news on Monday ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Finding good returns in the fixed income market in 2013 is going to take a lot of flexibility, according to global fixed income giant Amundi. Equity market volatility and the compression of bond yields around the world has made fixed income assets a ...

Tech provider opens first office in Sydney

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Technology provider eFront has opened of its first Australian office as part of its strategy to service the alternative investment industry in the Asia-Pacific region. eFront is a software provider of financial solutions for managing alternative investment ...

Wills are not enough for SMSF legacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) holders should plan their legacy as carefully as they do their investments, as a will may not be sufficient to ensure their money goes to the people its intended for. According to TAG Partners director Michelle ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
An ill wind blew over this land girth by sea yesterday. Recall the 71,500 workers that found work in February - yes, that one...the one that's the biggest one month job gain since July 2000, the one that came in more than seven times market expectations ...

Interest rate to fall to 2.5%: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Reserve Bank will slash the base rate by 50 basis points in two cuts before the end of 2013 the National Australia Bank (NAB) has predicted. NAB group chief economist Alan Oster told the NAB annual private wealth conference in Sydney today that ...

PIS award financial adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Professional Investment Services (PIS) announced the nine winners of its annual awards, which include Financial Adviser of the Year, Risk Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year. Troy Theobald, from Robina Financial Solutions, was awarded Financial ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will target 'unscrupulous' advisers trying to make quick money out of the fast-growing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Addressing a packed room at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney ...