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Advisers expect profits to climb 10pc despite FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... regulatory doom and gloom plaguing its future. The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2011 Financial Planning Practices Benchmarking survey of 109 boutique and mid-tier financial planning practices, found that 73% expect 10% higher profits in two years ...

TAL continues insurance upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... new features with pre-approvals no longer necessary and automatic coverage in place for employees. "We did a lot of benchmarking across the market and sat down internally across the market and asked what are we trying to achieve with these products. ...

Currency Forum to pose big questions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... As FX and cash leakages rises up the agenda of funds, Liddy will look into how they are being measured, if at all, benchmarking and how to monitor counterparty risk and reducing costs. "If I was a fund manager and I could guarantee you an extra 100 basis ...

UniSuper keen to boost after-tax returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
UniSuper is looking to increase member returns by appointing GBST to provide after-tax benchmarking solutions to assess fund manager performance. The $28 billion fund said that the Cooper review had made the case for super funds to implement after-tax ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Super (LGS) and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) join a global energy efficiency of property portfolio benchmarking foundation. The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assesses the environmental performance of individual ...

ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... benchmarks calculating the effects of franking credits and off-market buybacks on super funds. Though designed for benchmarking purposes, the index series is liquid and tradable - so it can be used as the basis for creating products such as ETFs, the ...

MLC advisers top benchmarking survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... their adviser peers for the third consecutive year, a survey shows. The data, sourced from the Comparator Annual Benchmarking Study for Financial Planning Businesses 2010, found that Godfrey Pembroke advisers ranked first within the "average remuneration ...

IGCC launches climate risk survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... information and analysis on the carbon performance of their portfolios," said Frank Pegan, Chair of Australia/NZ IGCC "Benchmarking their practices against their European and US colleagues will allow Australian funds to learn more effective ways to obtain ...

Plan for Life offloads LifeRisk Online

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... of services and products including quotation systems for web and smartphones, consultancy services, risk insurance benchmarking for Plan For Life and LifeRisk Online. Dingjan worked with Plan For Life and developed the LifeRisk Online Risk Insurance ...

EISS takes over FuturePlus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... services on two other key clients, EISS and Chifley Financial Services. "This decision has been made after rigorous benchmarking on cost and service and we are now able to operate as our own business with a greater focus on our members, leaving FuturePlus ...