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Netwealth is highest-rated adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... to the adviser preferences identified in the researcher's regular Planner Technology reports. After netwealth, the next highest-rated platforms were Colonial First State FirstWrap, HUB24, Asgard eWRAP and MLC Wrap & Navigator. According to the report ...

BetaShares Australian share fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... which seeks to reduce volatility and defend against losses in declining markets. The "Recommended" rating is the second highest investment rating able to be awarded by Lonsec. In its review, Lonsec said the fund provides investors with an efficient means ...

Morningstar says retirees need balance

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... said a 50/50 portfolio of local equities and bonds captures the majority of benefits of adding equities and provides the highest withdrawal rate at a 90% probability of success between 20 and 40 years in retirement. The paper - Safe Withdrawal Rates ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... payrolls jumping by 292,000 in December following a 252,000 increase in the previous month. This is much higher than even the highest market estimate for a 249K addition (consensus was at 200K) - it gave credence to the Fed's minuted statement that ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw their highest-ever annual growth in 2015, increasing funds under management by 42% to $21 billion. As BetaShares' Australian ETF Review: Year End 2015 report noted, the ETF sector saw record inflows in 2015 in spite ...

Risk sales plunge in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... noted that the majority of the sales drag was "concentrated in the group risk market," even if the group market saw the highest growth in premium inflows at 9.1% to $6 billion. Total premium inflows (including group, individual lump sum and individual ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Financial services firms are paying some of Australia's highest tax bills as a percentage of their total income according to data released by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) yesterday. The measure highlighted that six financial services companies were ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... of 0.4%, meaning the region grew 1.5% in 2015. Most encouraging of all is the upturn in the rate of job creation to the highest since spring 2011, which will hopefully pave the way for unemployment to start falling in earnest as we move into 2016. The ...

AMP Capital names global equities head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... income chief investment officer Mark Beardow. Beardow said: "I'm delighted that we've been able to secure a leader of the highest calibre for this new role, which we created to unify and galvanise our global equities capability behind AMP Capital's ambitious ...

Magellan top earning ETP

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... particularly known in the ETP world - massive with $35 billion in the unit trust world, however. It also has one of the highest fees around at 1.35% per annum with a performance fee on top of that. The fund is one of a new class of exchange traded managed ...