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Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Competition for business amid the rapid growth of the SMSF industry is in danger of diluting the quality of service for the end client, according to a number of industry professionals. India-based Sundaram Business Services has been operating in Australia ...

David Hunt joins RI Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
David Hunt, former group head of licensee select at BT Financial has joined RI Advice as northern region manager. RI's chief executive Paul Campbell said "David is the ideal fit for our business, with proven success in partnering with practices to drive ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Farmers in China have seen their incomes grow rapidly this year, helping to close a wealth gap between rural and urban areas. It was the third year in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
The Australian market has opened higher, led by gains on Wall Street and higher commodity prices. At 1019 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4,485.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Misconceptions about annuities are one of the biggest problems for people who sell them, said Brian Benari, chief executive officer and managing director, Challenger. Annuities can play an important role in combating longevity risk, so providers need ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Are they back? Yes them, all those who sold in May and went away? This was my first thought after I clicked through the closing numbers on Wall Street and Europe this morning. For what I saw was good - their respective equity indices jump by over 1.0% ...

New emerging market dividend fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Two Australian institutional investors, one a super fund, have been the first to invest in a newly available emerging markets dividend fund. Emerging market equities specialist Somerset Capital has launched the registered Australian managed investment ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
The Australian sharemarket is set to rise after figures from the United States showed signs of economic recovery. US manufacturing expanded for the second straight month in October, boosted by higher demand, while consumer confidence surged to a five-year ...

Tas public sector fund awards TD mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund has awarded a term deposit mandate to fixed income specialist FIIG Securities. FIIG was approached by the Tasmanian Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) for its network of more than 60 authorised deposit taking ...