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Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Research house Lonsec has released several fund ratings during the week and results have been welcomed by the respective fund managers. Yesterday Martin Currie announced it had received a "highly recommended" rating from Lonsec for the Legg Mason Martin ...

Australians don't want government to step in on super: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... reservations about self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as a savings model. Of the small number (one in 10) who are using an SMSF, a quarter wouldn't have started one had they known how much work was involved. More than a third said their SMSF had made more ...

BT Panorama aiming at advisers and SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... term deposits, managed portfolios and managed funds. Shuttleworth hinted at the potential of BTFG ramping its play in the SMSF market. "We've traditionally not played in that space as we have less than a 4% [market] share whereas we have an over 20% ...

Property spruiker banned for providing unlawful advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... restrained a property business for providing unlawful advice to clients who wanted to purchase investment properties through an SMSF. The judge found that Park Trent Properties Group had been unlawfully carrying on a financial services business for over ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
AMP will launch an online self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustee course early next year as part of a wider education strategy aimed at both advisers and trustees. AMP SMSF head of policy, technical and education services, Peter Burgess said ...

Findex firm sets up family office division

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... first major new offering as we move forward." Prior to joining Prescott Securities, Caire was a self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialist with Exelsuper and he held advice positions at Bendigo Bank and Equity Trustees.

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Sky launched Australia's first listed investment company offering pure exposure to alternatives. The strategy is targeting SMSF investors but Sowerby says all the underlying investments are of institutional quality and the vehicle is also about giving ...

DomaCom added to managedaccounts.com.au

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Managedaccounts.com.au has added fractional property fund manager DomaCom to its platform. Managed accounts offer portfolios created to meet specific investment needs but until now, real property has been under-represented on platforms. "Property is ...

Zenith re-rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... said. He added, "With the introduction of the best interests duty under FOFA, and in light of the high allocations to cash in SMSF and retiree investment portfolios, we've seen significant take up in the BetaShares Cash ETF by financial advisers, who ...

SelectingSuper fund award nominees announced

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... Personal Super Product of the Year, Retirement Product of the Year, Consumer Choice Award, Long Term Performance Award and SMSF Administrator of the Year Award. The Workplace, Personal and Retirements awards include three divisions for value, deluxe ...