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Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Good communication not only guarantees a closer relationship between financial advisers and clients, it can also have a direct impact on the practices' profitability, research shows. According to the "New frontiers: the age of consumers" report by Business ...

The year of balanced funds and fixed income: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... managed funds industry in 2012. Australian share funds took the brunt as $9.65 billion were withdrawn over last year, a figure that represents about 9% of assets at the start of the year. "The results for 2012 show that the Australian funds industry ...

Challenger gets Lonsec approval on annuities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... product will continue to grow as both long term annuities and lifetime income product are starting to represent a dominant figure of Challenger's sales. Challenger's half year results released last February showed that sales in annuities products increased ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to begin the week higher, following gains on US and European markets due to encouraging US jobs data. The US unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, data released on Friday showed. At 0759 AEDT on Monday, the March share ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Australian shares remain near four-and-a-half year highs, pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street. The market has opened about 0.1 per cent higher, with mining stocks the best performers in early trade. CMC Markets chief strategist ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... ACSI noted that all ASX50 companies now have at least one woman on the board and 16% of all company directors are women, a figure that is slowly catching up the ratio of women trustees of not-for-profit super funds. This ratio however matches the proportion ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Wall Street might is in the midst of jubilation, celebrating the Dow Jones Industrial Index's foray into a new all-time record high last night. Investors are counting their lucky stars - er, dollars - from the Dow's 117.7% surge from the bottom plumbed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market has shot up by more than one-and-a-half per cent at noon, with investors using yesterday's falls to lap up cheaper stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner describes it as a relief rally following Monday's decline. ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Vanguard has reduced the headline cost of its All-World ex-US Shares Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from 0.18% to 0.15%. According to the index fund specialist, the management expense ratio on the product has fallen by an average of 10 basis points ...

New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Speaking at an industry briefing, Federal minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten has thanked the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) for its input in proposed rules regarding the provision of financial advice. The Institute ...