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MLC advisers top benchmarking survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... adviser peers for the third consecutive year, a survey shows. The data, sourced from the Comparator Annual Benchmarking Study for Financial Planning Businesses 2010, found that Godfrey Pembroke advisers ranked first within the "average remuneration per ...

Legalsuper employer contribs jump 15 pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Limited. In both instances we replaced incumbent retail funds." The fund is also scoring well on consumer research. A recent study into the views of legalsuper's members conducted by Sweeney Research, found legal professionals 'very highly' value the ...

RBF appoints CIO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
RBF in Tasmania has announced the appointment of Dr Ian Lundy to the role of chief investment officer. The Retirement Benefit Fund chief executive officer Philip Mussared said this completes the recruitment of RBF's executive management team, begun ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... Governance Framework for Islamic Financial institutions that will be apply to Islamic organisations from June this year. A study released by consultant Ernst & Young in 2010 found that the Islamic funds industry may be stagnating because its institutions ...

Low contrib caps slam brakes on SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... non-trustees and professional SMSF advisers late last year. SPAA and Russell commissioned CoreData-brandmanagement to do the study.

Rise of 'climate sensitive' asset allocation: Mercer

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... and timberland, the report found. "Rather than the typical response of a flight towards bonds and low return assets, our study is suggesting that those sorts of defensive assets might not respond to the mega theme of climate change and rather capital ...

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... exchanges announced plans to develop a common technology framework that is expected to go live by the end of this year. A study released by consultant Ernst & Young in 2010 found that the Islamic funds industry may be stagnating because its institutions ...

Fin services jobs on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Roche. However, those who already left the industry through redundancy have also reported some positive results with the study finding that 56 per cent of candidates made redundant within the financial services sector went on to find roles with equal ...

Green light for global equities surge: Bell Potter

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Using history as his guide, Bell Potter's Peter Quinton says global equities could rise by more than 60 per cent over the next three years - and if his prediction proves accurate, it could mean that new highs for markets are on the horizon. After studying ...

Insurance drives new client wins: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... clients, giving fresh evidence that risk-related advice is core to a typical financial planning business. The CoreData Risk Study 2010, which looked at risk advice in the past 12 months, found that new clients contributed to 48.7 per cent of the average ...