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Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... ongoing tailored, detailed insurance advice and assurance of claims management - they tend to deliver the highest revenue gains via client referrals. "Overall, the results indicate that advisers appear to be managing all clients uniformly and not addressing ...

KKR invests in German fibre-optics via $4.2bn infra fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Following the closing of its new $4.2 billion infrastructure fund, global alternatives manager KKR has partnered with Dutch investment firm Reggeborgh to acquire a majority stake in German infrastructure company Deutsche Glasfaser (DG). Reggeborgh currently ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Asian hedge fund manager LIM Advisors called for shareholder action to force AMP Capital to take steps to narrow the 26% discount on its China Growth Fund. LIM Advisors said it will call an extraordinary general meeting to take the matter to unitholders ...

Advice firm pays penalty for misleading claims

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... penalty for making misleading advertising claims on its website. On a page explaining the advantages of investing in property via a self-managed super fund (SMSF), Omniwealth compared the performance of a geared property investment to an ungeared equity ...

SMSF admin reacts to criticism: don't like it, don't use it!

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... generate better investment returns with enhanced member engagement, and if low-cost providers can help facilitate this (albeit via commercial relationship with bank), then surely that's a win/win for everyone."

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... represented 96% of Australian companies registered with the regulator. The primary regulatory role ASIC plays in small business is via its registration facility, which Tanzer says is and has been in a process of "enhancement." Given that ASIC's 2013-2014 ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... an increase of 58.69% since March 2011. While it is feared that SMSFs ability to borrow money to buy residential property via limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) is helping to fuel the housing bubble, SMSF Association technical and professional ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... produced in collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers. This and other education material will be provided online via Adviser Ratings' Consumer Literacy Centre.

Green bonds set to soar despite policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The green bond market is expected to triple as investor demand for the vehicle grows, even in countries where policy does not favour renewable energies, BNP Paribas said. "Investment in green infrastructure is increasing at a rapid rate, here and overseas," ...

ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... ASIC has permanently banned an insurance adviser and disqualified an SMSF auditor. Abhinav Gupta provided insurance advice via ACE Insurance's Victorian Combined Insurance division from October 2013 to May 2014. He was not a salaried employee of Combined ...