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Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Financial advisers imbued with the most trust by their clients are better qualified and more experienced than their counterparts, according to research by the Beddoes Institute. The data and benchmarking company analysed thousands of client ratings ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... in September from 2.0 in August (when it had been decelerating for four months since the 7.1 reading posted last April. Except for August, last month's reading was also the weakest since July 2012's 0.7 print. The LMCI slowed from an average of 5.0 in ...

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Don't even think about approaching a family office for an investment mandate if you don't have market beating returns and be prepared to wait years to earn their trust, a panel of family office executives has said. Addressing an audience of fund managers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as falls in the banking sector offset a better day for mining stocks. Wall Street finished little changed overnight as concerns about the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence and weak global inflation dampened ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
The share market is slightly higher as investors snap up bargains after four consecutive days of falls. "It's probably as expected, which is to finally see a little bit of support considering the sell-off that we've seen," IG market strategist Evan ...

HESTA CEO to depart fund

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Long-serving HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has announced plans to leave the fund. In announcement made this afternoon, Corboy has said that she will leave HESTA at the end of February 2015 after 16 years at the helm. No replacement has been ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Former leader of advocacy group GetUp and Australian Greens candidate Simon Sheikh has launched what he claims is Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund. Sheikh said Future Super stemmed from what he perceived as growing frustration ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... exports destined for China, an economy that is growing much faster than Australia's other trading partners." Still valid, except for indications of weakening in Europe and Japan that is expected to be met with easier monetary conditions by their respective ...

Advisers use more insurers, but main provider still key: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Advisers have expanded the number of insurers they use, but being an adviser's main insurance provider remains essential, new research by Investment Trends shows. After four years of planners consolidating insurers, advisers have increased the numbers ...