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Strong period for markets ahead: K2

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... "Beyond cyclical tailwinds the onus is on corporate to deliver improved income returns to investors to help close the arbitrage gap between investing in bonds and equities," said Nick Griffin, K2's head of international strategy. Jeff Thomson, portfolio ...

Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift form alliance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... financial services reposition into the SMSF property and load spaces. "Whereas traditional revenue streams are dying from falling gap filling accountancy services and financial planning commissions from the GFC and FOFA, the SMSF industry goes from strength ...

Attitude overhaul needed: Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... got the outcomes that we promised and they need as the move into retirement, what is it we can try to address to fix this gap." Brandweiner said fund managers in particular had lost their way with too much of their attention focused on stock selection ...

Bendigo Wealth opts for scaled advice ahead of FOFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... 'tail-end' of their businesses." "Australians want advice, they say they need advice, but until now, there has been a real gap between what people say they need, and what they are prepared to pay for," said Alexandra Tullio, head of wealth markets at ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... that further technical work between Greece and the troika is needed in a number of areas, including the closure of the fiscal gap of a,-325 million euro in 2012 and the debt sustainability analysis. Furthermore, I did not yet receive the required political ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... towards high-income earners could go a long way to lift overall levels of savings. Current rules do nothing to ease the growing gap between the rich and poor," said the Senator. "Tax breaks on superannuation cost the budget $30 billion a year, as Treasury's ...

Commissioner urges action on super savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
With women predicted to live to the average age of 95, Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner spoke with super funds yesterday about the role they can play to protect ageing Australians. Speaking at Women in Super event, Ryan said superannuation ...

Target setting works for super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... period DB funds have outperformed DC or accumulation plans in Australia by an average of 0.57% p.a. PIMCO said this annual gap equaled to a 9.1% greater return of the 15 year period with lower volatility, showing how the use of a DB strategy by a super ...

Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
Nearly half of all SMSF members are women, which is helping to reduce the gender gap in retirement savings according to Australia's peak SMSF body. Pointing to recently released figures from the tax office that reveal 46% of SMSF trustees are female ...

Tablets top adviser Christmas wish list: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... advisers will buy or receive a smart phone or tablet this Christmas according to a Zurich survey, which concluded that the gap between technology and financial advice is closing. The online survey, conducted by Zurich Financial Services Australia, also ...