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Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) is urging property fund managers to check that their insurance coverage is keeping pace with their changing business models. "While under-insurance is by no means confined to the property ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market was almost one per cent higher at noon, led by the big miners and major banks as commodities prices firmed following a strong lead from the US. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.3 points, or 0.89 per ...

Fiducian updates FORCe software

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Fiducian has enhanced its FORCe financial planning software to give planners better tools to educate clients on the risk and rewards of investment gearing. Fiducian Portfolio Services has released an integrated sensitivity analysis module to test gearing ...

AdviserNETgain rolls out bulk reviews

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Advisers using BT's AdviserNETgain can now produce an unlimited number of review advice documents in one process after upgrades to the online planning solution. Darelle Jenkins, national manager AdviserNETgain, said the bulk review feature creates a ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
"Ben most people would turn you away I don't listen to a word they say They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben (a friend) like Ben (a friend) like Ben." -Michael Jackson Have no fear ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail. BHP made a $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp, a bid Potash later ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star 'new' rating to the UBS Property Securities Fund. The ratings house placed the fund 'On Hold' in October 2009 when its co-portfolio managers resigned and management was transitioned to the ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Be there or be square! No Virginia, investors weren't there on Wall Street last night, but they've more than squared (their positions). This morning's news tell the story of selling on Wall Street because of -- according to The Age - " A surprisingly ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
European Union laws that come into effect next year will allow Australian fund managers to invest funds for overseas investors with less admin headaches. It's the new world breaking into the old world. Australian fund managers, many of whom could trace ...