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Insurance shows industry divide

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... financial planners, reported that 43.5 per cent of respondents believed that price sensitivity is a major deterrent to trauma uptake, reporting that an improvement in the price of insurance "would be likely to increase trauma uptake amongst consumers" ...

Investors demand 'transactional' advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... said. Harrington believes this "bolt on-bolt off" type of advice model will be more in demand, re-inforced by the mass uptake of intra-fund advice where super funds give advice specific to super. "For the financial planning industry, that's really where ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... appetite, as they hold the key to understanding financial asset price movements. And right now, the major trend is the uptake of equities over cash and bonds, he said at the 2010 Asgard Investor Forum earlier this week. "For the first time in over four ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... healthy balance sheets and improving profitability of corporate Australia, retail investors are "relatively slow" on the uptake. "The retail market has been relatively slow, investor confidence has been shaken over the last two or three years," said ...

Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... the legal issues associated with social media use. Wells explained that while the financial industry has been slow on the uptake, it is the consumers and customers that are demanding this new social approach. "It is time... to start listening to what ...

BlackRock SMA tops $500m

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... there could be an ETF [exchange traded fund] to cover that area," he said. "And hopefully when they become available, the uptake of SMA portfolios will increase dramatically." Phillips noted that BlackRock intended to reinvest back into the business ...

Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... have got if they didn't have the option to protect their clients' money [to a maximum of $12,500]," he said. Following the uptake of their LINK and ARC products, Lucas said that more planners are demanding more of the same - but with their own specific ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... throughout the day just like a share," said Vanguard ETF product manager, Robyn Laidlaw. "The most pleasing aspect of the uptake of Vanguard ETFs is that it is showing that a growing number of investors and their advisers are appreciating the portfolio ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... cent of men are running into debt compared to a quarter of women in the same situation. And shedding some light into the uptake of higher SG, around 4 in 10 of those surveyed have contributed more than the compulsory 9 per cent, mainly through salary ...

Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Perpetual Investments Business Services and chief operating officer Australian Equities, Cathy Doyle, said the widespread uptake of PRI was aligned with clients' long-term interests and expectations and was a positive step for the industry and for Perpetual ...