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AIA partners with AGI

MELANIE TIMBRELL | MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012

... Felsch, principal at AGI. Granting access to wholesale rates for comprehensive insurance has the potential to save SMSF investors up to 25% on standard death, total and permanent disability and income protection cover, according to AIA. The new plan ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL | FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012

... Despite $113 billion in cash in the SMSF structure as at May 2011 and excess cash of $39 billion, only one in eight SMSF investors have plans to put money in managed funds, according to McCormick. "To invest that extra cash, you need confidence in markets ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS | MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011

... will be a product that gives access to all different kinds of products and does it well at a good price point for SMSF investors. Having access to Count accountants base clearly helps us to better understand where this demand is, although there is a ...

Macquarie breathes new Life into insurance

MATT WOODINGTON | WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

... improvements to its underwriting and claims process. Macquarie Life FutureWise, a retail offering available to SMSF investors, has been merged with Super Protector, which was launched in 2005. As a result, advisers will find it easier to structure risk ...

Investors gearing up again

MATT WOODINGTON | MONDAY, 4 APR 2011

... for that," he said. Westpac is waiting for ATO clearance before launching new products that will be targeted at SMSF investors before the end of the financial year. In February this year it launched a series of self funding instalments (SFIs) that promote ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010

... expected to pay lower fees for advice, and 25 per cent were reluctant to pay for advice at all. Around one in 10 SMSF investors stopped using an adviser in the last 12 months due to poor outcomes, noted the report.

Charter Hall to launch industrial property fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010

... from the seed funding provided by the parent group, said Stacker. He predicts that the new fund would appeal to SMSF investors, just as one of the fund's sister product, backed by 1 Martin Place in Sydney, was as much as 80 per cent owned by SMSFs. "SMSFs ...

SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010

... average contribution flow for the half year has been a "healthy $16,000". But rather than parking the money in cash, SMSF investors are once again putting their funds into the equities market to make the most out of the rebound. Direct shares, which ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009

... changes to their portfolio, trustees are more likely to follow a financial adviser's recommendation. Meanwhile, non-SMSF investors are more likely to change their portfolio because of market volatility, the survey found. The survey also found SMSFs are ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009

... as people retreat to what they know best," said Johnston. Sales transactions in the middle of this year showed SMSF investors investing heavily in blue chip stocks, which made up 43 per cent of shares purchased. This is in contrast to 30 per cent two ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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