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Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... transitioning its business across to full fee-for-service and to date, the results have been extremely positive. Tim Coates, associate director and head of property advisory at Dixon Advisory, said their fee for service revenue is sourced by charging ...

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Austpac Group has launched a mortgage income fund where investors can choose the loan to which they wish to be exposed. Austpac Group is a diversified, privately-owned, property-based management group that was founded in 2009 by Bill Boerkamp in association ...

Two-thirds US clients don't understand fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... differentiate based on price and services remains an uphill battle for financial advice providers," said Scott Smith, associate director at Cerulli. "Investors have limited bandwidth to understand the complexities of their personal finances." Product ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The title just about describes the events of last night and the one before. Woe to Europe that's feeling antsy pantsy over Italy's result - or should I say, non-result - and the extrapolation of this into "skyfall" (Finally, I got the chance to use ...

Two liquidators punished by ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Australia's corporate watchdog has taken action against two liquidators in separate cases. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday said that it had accepted an enforceable undertaking from Sydney liquidator Ian Struthers ...

IOOF posts $33.2m profit

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Listed wealth manager IOOF has announced a $33.2 million net profit after tax for the period to 31 December. "IOOF has delivered another solid underlying performance amidst an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment," said Christopher Kelaher ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Smaller developed economies look far more attractive investment propositions than traditional global investment centres such as the US, Europe and Japan, according to BlackRock's global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich. Addressing journalists ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... impartial umpire in issuing credit ratings, but the evidence we have uncovered tells a different story," said Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West, in a statement. "Our investigation revealed that, despite their representations to the contrary ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Poland, Chile and Spain look a better bet than the US and UK for institutional investors' sovereign debt portfolios, according to a new research report from AXA Investment Management. The investment house has developed a new framework for analysing ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Can you feel it, can you feel it... can you feel it? Darn right, Virginia! Everywhere you look there seems to be that general sense of optimism that's permeating through every nook and cranny of the financial market world. Seems our work here is done. ...