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REITs the saving grace on SPIVA scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... 2017. Housing the most number of underperforming funds in 2017, small and mid-cap funds were the best behaved in the last decade with only 40% missing the market while 85% of international equity and A-bond funds failed to perform at benchmark levels. ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... breaches of the law. Despite this, the proportion of investments and financial advice disputes accepted by FOS over the last decade only account for 5% of the total. The most common issues cited being the provision of inappropriate financial advice and ...

Advisers to embrace aged care opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... number of Australians living longer. The number of Australians aged over 85 is expected to increase by 35% in the coming decade. Adding to this, the need is further compounded by the number of dementia cases in Australia having also grown, with about ...

Skyring names new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... wake of the more restrictive Basel 3 requirements." "Having raised capital for multiple individual projects over the past decade, the team at Skyring have decided to offer investors the ability to benefit from their wealth of experience," Skyring added. ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... dominated by financial advisers and dealer groups, Strategic Insight's latest statistics show. The researcher found that in the decade to 2017, risk products sold via advisers - either independent or aligned to a banking or insurance group - are gradually ...

FOS submission points finger at advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... breaches of the law. Despite this, the proportion of investments and financial advice disputes accepted by FOS over the last decade only account for 5% of the total. The most common issues cited being the provision of inappropriate financial advice and ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
LGIAsuper is ramping up its stake in infrastructure investments, adding a regional port to its portfolio. LGIAsuper increased its interest in the Port of Portland to 31%, a deep-water facility located between Melbourne and Adelaide. One of its investment ...

Intergenerational wealth transfer at tipping point: Adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
Protecting and transferring wealth between generations is prompting financial planners to provide more holistic solutions, a senior financial adviser warns. Australian Wealth Solutions principal Sam Zervides says financial advisers shouldn't dismiss ...

Industry fund chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... Laura Wright until a permanent successor is confirmed. Appointed in June 2008, Rodwell-Ball has led NGS Super for about a decade, making him the fund's longest serving chief executive to date. Rodwell-Ball said he intends to pursue part-time executive ...

Advice dealer group recommits to OneVue

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... developing the WealthPortal platform, which is used by Madison's 100 advisers. Having partnered with Madison for more than a decade, OneVue group managing director Connie McKeage said the relationship has made OneVue better and more focused as a platform ...