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Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... cost investment products with no commissions. Listed investment company Global Mining Investments (GMI) earned a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec after catering its LICs approach for commission-free planners. "Fee-for-service financial planners ...

Longevity products in early stages

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... account for longevity risk. This month, its new product Macquarie Lifetime Income Guarantee Policy (MLIG) was rated 'recommended' by Zenith along with a 'recommended' rating awarded by Lonsec earlier this year. As its name suggests, MLIG can be used ...

Trustees call to scrap MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... demands for rollovers, they are in fact a group of people for whom illiquidity is simply not an issue. And yet, it is recommended that we design for them an investment option that virtually ignores the prospect of any of the illiquidity premium that ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... five-year period where 'cracks in the system' will resurface and hurt many fund managers in the sector. Van Eyk has recommended 29 per cent of the 51 international equities fund managers it reviewed, with only one earning an 'AA' rating. IFP's Global ...

INGIM continues wholesale team expansion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... competitive adviser industry," McKay said. In June 2010 the ING Extended Alpha Australian Share Fund was awarded a 'Recommended' rating by independent research and ratings firm Zenith with Lonsec giving the Fund a 'Highly Recommended' rating.

Aus Ethical donates $1m to charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... purchase of Skullbone Plains, a largely pristine wilderness property near Lake St Clair in Tasmania. The property was recommended in 1990 as being worthy of inclusion in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, and contains endangered and unique ...

Infocus planner banned by ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... regulator found that Radovan, who, while acting as an authorised representative of Infocus Securities Australia Pty Ltd, recommended financial products to more than 30 clients between 2006 and 2008, and in a number of cases didn't have a reasonable basis ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... investment, a position not readily available before as the 30 per cent rate was deemed too expensive. The changes, recommended by both the Johnson Report and the Henry Tax Review, will come into effect from the 2013-14 income year and were made in a ...

Van Eyk completes China review

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... remains a big challenge for fund managers to ensure company information they receive is accurate." Two funds achieved recommended ratings - Fidelity International's China Fund, rated "A" and Value Partners - Premium China Fund, rated "BB". "Fidelity ...

Trustees must raise bar on governance: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... super, according to industry body ASFA. This week ASFA launched its updated Governance Best Practice Paper where it recommended higher governance benchmarks for trustees than what's already in place. For example, the paper calls for trustees to disclose ...