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LUCRF ramps up advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
LUCRF Super has launched a series of seminars throughout Australia to allow its membership direct access to the fund's financial advisers. A team of 20 LUCRF advisers will travel around the country to hold weekly seminars basis, LUCRF Advice Service ...

ANZ appoints regional private banking head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
ANZ has appointed Arjan de Boer as head of private banking, North East Asia. Based in Hong Kong, de Boer will oversee ANZ's private banking business in Hong Kong and Taiwan. His experience in private banking in Asia includes 14 years at ABN Amro, where ...

Bullish markets boost demand for bespoke structured products

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
Improved investor sentiment fuelled by strong equity markets is resulting in growing demand for bespoke structured products, according to Instreet Investment. "In the current market environment, bespoke products appeal to advisors and their clients ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, The June share price index futures contract is 16 points higher at 4,928, with 5,088 contracts traded. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office ...

Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
The high turnover of active managed funds generates tax inefficiencies that can drag portfolios by as much as 2%, according to global asset manager Parametric. Recent legislation requiring superannuation funds have an after-tax investment objective ...

Template of a bail-in?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
You gotta give it to the Europeans, they sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot. Financial markets celebrated after reports that a deal had been struck between the government of Cyprus and its benefactors. Nobody gave two hoots whether it's a ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
It's beginning to sound like a broken record ever since the Dow broke its 2007 record on the 5th of March 2013...and talks about the Dow are yet to stop - whether it'll continue heading higher, consolidate or reverse at some point. Guilty, your honour! ...

Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Good communication not only guarantees a closer relationship between financial advisers and clients, it can also have a direct impact on the practices' profitability, research shows. According to the "New frontiers: the age of consumers" report by Business ...

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
One of the UK and US's best selling managed investment funds is now being marketed to Australian institutional investors. The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has attracted more than $30 billion funds under management ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Gotta give it to Rachel Hunter, it might not have happened overnight - it took nearly five years - but it did happen. Last Friday, the Dow closed 232.54 points above and over its 9 October 2007 all-time peak. Not long now and we'll be hearing her ex ...