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BT insurance available on Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... give them peace of mind. More funding options will help facilitate this - advisers can tailor plans to help their customers feel better prepared and more secure about their financial future," BT head of Life Insurance Phil Hay said. A 10% platform super ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... uncertain outlook that will require "careful management"." "'The Reserve Bank still has considerable room to move if they feel the need in coming months...If we see that the economy needs more support because global growth becomes less stable or other ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel the suspense building up to a crescendo? The FOMC starts their two-day policy meeting tonight and then finally...we might get closure on the taper thing. We could speculate about the indications ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Superannuation fund leaders have said MySuper will fail to achieve its aims, while ensuring significant costs to super funds, according to a report conducted by Sussman Associates. Medium sized, generic funds were expected to get the worst deal out ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Transferable Securities (UCITS) - he said, "This is a big step forward from wet signature regulations." But how do the big platforms feel about the AMFS? In March of 2012, Tria Investment Partners published a white paper on the AMFS, in which they said ...

BDMs facing major changes without industry support

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Business development managers (BDMs) and practice development managers (PDMs) are facing similar challenges as advisers, but they lack support from the industry, research shows. While the focus of regulatory changes and compliance has been on advisers ...

Investment strategy differences derail super merger talks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The abandonment of merger talks between industry funds VicSuper and Vision Super came down to a disagreement about investment strategy, both parties told the Financial Standard. VicSuper Chief Executive Michael Dundon and Vision Super acting Chief executive ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... ECB and the 17 national member governments complaining, do you? They should, however, grab this relative tranquillity and "feel good" factor to do whatever it is they have to do...before financial markets start looking at them again.

Prime Value launches concentrated equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... portfolios outperformed diversified portfolios by 400 basis points. "We have always prioritised capital preservation but feel the potential for 100% cash allocation fills a market need and reflects our mandate for absolute returns over the medium term." ...