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GARS added to BT Wrap platform

HARRY PAGE, MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... not reliant on a small number of individuals. Newham stresses the fund's team approach and says the firm encourages researchers and analysts to meet with all members of the investment team. The fund has a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec and Newham expects ...

Investors find opportunity in SMSF conservative approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... lower payout ratios, with the expectation of selling them to less risk tolerant investors like Selfies in the future," researchers said. Quoting Australian Taxation Office (ATO) research from March 2014, Credit Suisse concluded that SMSFs currently own ...

AMP on hunt for new senior researchers after departure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
AMP Financial Services has reshuffled its AMP Advice Research team and is on the hunt for two execs after a key staff departure. Manager of fund research in the AMP Advice Research team Jeff Poe has departed to become a partner at Platinum Accounting. ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... on our strengths. One of our greatest strengths as a nation is our capacity to innovate and invent. And our medical researchers have led the way, from Howard Florey to Sir Gustav Nossal and from Fiona Stanley to Ian Frazer. Australians have, through ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... increasingly challenge human labour in a wide range of cognitive tasks," the "Future of employment" paper stated. Researchers note that up until now, robots had been able to replace humans only on manual tasks. But the use of big data, algorithms and ...

Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... retirement incomes, even if all sources of savings -and not just superannuation and the age pension- are included. Researchers found that only 53% of couples and 22% of singles surveyed by the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) ...

Certified financial planners report higher profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... firms plan to increase the number of CFP advisers during the next 12 months. The study was conducted by independent researchers Comparator and the results were released by the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international CFPA(R) ...

CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... of risk they take when selecting your investment options. As part of the $9 million initiative, the Melbourne-based researchers will use big data analytics, social science, risk and economic modelling to answer questions such as how superannuation will ...

Superannuation bodies axed in government streamlining

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... Senator Sinodinos. "I will continue to receive advice from a broad range of sources including industry, consumers, researchers, regulatory agencies and relevant departments." The announcement follows the release of the government's superannuation discussion ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... receives its post," he continued. Budden added that only a truly global investment manager, with the resources to put researchers and analysts on the ground in multiple countries around the globe, can have a full picture of how international businesses ...