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ASIC completes unlisted asset guide

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) finalised its guidelines to improve disclosure in unlisted mortgage and unlisted property schemes which represent $70 billion in funds under management (FUM). In the finalised document, ASIC ...

New turbo charged adviser account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
ANZ and E*TRADE teamed up to provide financial advisers with a single cash management account that can buy and sell shares and, at the same time, earn high interest. ANZ V2+Broking allows advisers direct access to client funds with the ability tp earn ...

Manage ideas not just money

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Rather than just hand over mandates to several money managers hoping their separate investment decisions don't cancel each other out, Russell's new emulation strategy instead pays managers for their best ideas that the firm then centrally implements. ...

AWM posts $65m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Australian Wealth Management (AWM) posted a full year net profit of $65 million to the end of June, its seventh consecutive increase in profit despite tough market conditions. AWM's net profit after tax increased by 13 per cent over a one year period ...

QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
Leading fund manager QIC has decided to label "commodities" as a separate class in its portfolios after it observed that traditionally uncorrelated markets such as fixed income and equities are starting to behave like each other. The QIC Red Paper found ...

Defeat death taxes when merging accounts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Older Australians looking to merge their pension and super accounts be warned: your death taxes may be higher than you bargained for. Martin Murden, director of Partners Superannuation Services, said merging the two accounts can sometimes increase the ...

UBS restructures core business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
Global investment bank UBS is separating its business into three separate divisions in a bid to make the bank more effective post sub-prime. The group will now operate as three autonomous business entities. The firm said the new structure would provide ...

Till taxes do us part

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Divorced couples unwary of CGT pitfalls could be in for a world of tax pain without professional financial advice, said Centric Wealth. Couples looking to untie the knot can often make the most out of the capital gains tax rollover relief, however they ...

Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
Climbing commodity prices have pioneered the establishment of pure commodity funds and a debut Standard and Poor's rating for three new products. Ratings house Standard & Poor's Fund Services recently assigned four-star ratings to three new pure commodity ...

NZ rules to target 'simple needs' investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
While the New Zealand commerce minister has welcomed the creation of nationally recognised qualifications for NZ financial planners, she has also outlined her intentions to separate advice regulation for sophisticated versus unsophisticated investors. ...