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All cashed up and ready to pounce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Self managed super fund trustees are looking to invest a portion of their cash holdings, currently accounting for more than 50 per cent of their portfolio, into shares, a new survey shows. The Ubank survey released in February this year found t hat ...

Investors demand 'transactional' advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors are tapping advice-centric technology to cultivate a 'transactional' type of relationship with their financial planner as opposed to the conventional lifelong relationship approach. Matthew Harrington, principle ...

OneVue on global path with managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... Bouris. OneVue clients also include a large number of independent advisers who cater for high net worth (HNW) or self managed super fund clients, said Connie McKeage, OneVue chief executive officer. McKeage said that while there are other managed account ...

Ironstone partners advisers in property

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
The issue of investing in residential property, particularly through self managed super funds (SMSF), is highly problematic for financial advisers due to restrictions prohibiting them to offer property-related advice, according to Ironstone Group. Sean ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... cancer, removed its post natal depression exclusion and added income care benefits previously only available to self managed super fund clients. "We have listened to adviser feedback and continue to develop our offer in the areas that advisers and their ...

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
The latest Charter Hall Group Investor Forum survey of approximately 400 Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) trustees and individual investors found that 55 per cent of investors plan to invest more into listed and unlisted property market this year. The ...

BlackRock to develop super SMA

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
BlackRock, one of the pioneers of separately managed accounts (SMA) in Australia, revealed plans to launch a superannuation version of its customised portfolio service next year. James Langlands, co-head of customised portfolio solutions at BlackRock ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Freedom Of Information request, Treasury posted the Red Book briefing on its website. For superannuation, the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector and critics of the recently released Cooper Report in particular, the Red Book briefing is explosive. ...

MLC appoints dream team in tech services

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Three technical services experts from Asgard, Aviva and Colonial First State have joined MLC in senior roles as the firm expands its technical and financial adviser support services team. Gemma Dale, former Asgard Wealth Solutions technical manager ...

Divorcing super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Divorce battle over self-managed super fund assets and art ownership within SMSFs raises tricky questions over what happens when only one of the splitting couple is a fund trustee. Many Australian couples are often unaware of the effect divorce can ...