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DKN prepares for big reforms ahead

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
DKN chief executive Phil Butterworth said the financial services group is well positioned to benefit from new reforms in the industry after posting a 23.4 per cent underlying profit increase to $7.64 million in the year to June. The financial services ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... and Europe." "In Australia, professional investors have increasingly mentioned their use of ETFs in their own Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs)." Fuhr noted that efforts were underway to plug regulatory gaps "to allow fixed income ETFs to be listed and ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
A new report has raised concerns about the structure of self managed super funds (SMSF) as trustees potentially become unable to adequately invest and administer their retirement savings as they get older. The Financial Wellbeing in Retirement report ...

Custom Solutions flows double in June qtr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... is trying to get greater traction with the FirstWrap platform. She said the firm is aiming to attract more self managed super fund (SMSF) investors after it added a direct equities function to the platform. The firm also internally promoted one of its ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
SPAA has recorded a 20 per cent jump in advisers seeking self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist accreditation as planners embrace higher professional standards to cater for the biggest sub-segment of the superannuation industry. The increased demand ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... Macksville, New South Wales. The practice provides accounting, investment and lending services and has expertise in self managed super funds (SMSFs), business structuring and succession planning. It has $50 million in funds under advice. Countplus bought ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... groups and also groups with accounting firm relationships. "We're working trying to be more accommodating to self managed super funds (SMSFs) so we added the direct equities capability in March," she said. Scott Durbin was promoted head of platform sales ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... business, Gale said, is in its existing client base. Half the group's accounting and advice business relates to the self managed super fund (SMSF) market - a market segment that is looking for lending alternatives for their business or for personal expansion ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... cent of the market with the majority 70 per cent, in fact, shared between industry funds, government funds and self managed super funds (SMSF). Norman Morris, the group's industry communications director, said that the analysis, to date, relied heavily ...

AMP boosts SMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... individual shares customised for their specific needs. The service is targeted at higher net worth investors and self managed super fund customers looking for exposure to direct shares and managed funds with the support of professional investment management ...