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Praemium scales back ops

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... technology. It administers over $27 billion of assets as of March this year on behalf of major fund managers, financial planners, accountants and SMSFs.

Vanguard enters ETFs fray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF and the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF. These new ETFs will appeal to financial planners because of their low cost, with management fees ranging from as low as 0.09 per cent to 0.27 per cent - competing with ...

Advisers eye annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... independent advisers respectively would consider both deferred and immediate annuities for rollovers. Plotnick said financial planners, commission-and -fee mix advisers, and those who serve the middle market are also more likely to consider annuities ...

Fin planning jobs fall 60pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Financial planners coming to the market today will struggle to find a job after a new survey found the number of job advertisements fell by 60 per cent in the past 12 months. Trevor Punnett, eJobs Recruitment Specialists financial planning division ...

FPA recommends fee-for-service advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... funds under management and sponsorship. Bloch said the recommendations are designed to remove the stigma that financial planners are "product floggers" as the new fee regime should provide the public with advice that is free from the influence of product ...

Instreet a hit with planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... as a minor allocation of say, some 1 to 2 per cent of a typical client's portfolio. He said it appealed to financial planners who don't want their clients to miss out on the market recovery while at the same time cognisant that clients don't want to ...

ITC targets Gen Y with trees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Forestry group, ITC, is providing financial planners with access to a managed investment scheme to attract more Generation Y clients. The firm's strategy aims to pay-off Higher Education Scheme (HECS) debt fast, a key financial concern for graduating ...

AdviserLogic selects CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... manager at CLS, said adding AdviserLogic as a client reflects CLS' growing reputation in the marketplace. "Financial planners that are determined to ensure the long term growth and profitability of their practices are reassessing all aspects of their ...

Bankwest planners join CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... HBOS-owned wealth management business St Andrew's Australia for $2.1 billion. A spokesperson confirmed that no financial planners were made redundant during and after the sale of BankWest. The realignment will enable the advisers to continue operating ...

...and targets SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... need solutions," said Sainsbury. The AMP Ascend SMSF was trialled in March this year among a select number of financial planners and will continue to be rolled out during the year. "AMP is taking advantage of its strength in the current environment to ...