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Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
The wall of cash built up in the wake of the GFC is showing signs of crumbling as fixed income see dramatic inflows off the back of changing fundamentals and the hard work of financial planners, according to PIMCO and Equity Trustees (EQT). EQT head ...

Advisers risk wasting 2013: van Eyk Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Instead of preparing for an onslaught of regulatory change, Australian financial planning businesses are in danger of wasting next year, van Eyk Advice has warned. 'Grandfathering' provisions in the federal government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) ...

Charts point to bull market run in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... that while more cyclically sensitive sectors might be expected to lead the charge, a broad-brush approach is fraught with danger. "Initially the market may not be sector driven, and it may be better to pick the stock rather than the sector. Success will ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Climate Change is an issue that has never been raised at board level in some of Australia's largest financial institutions, said a prominent economist. Just like during the global financial crisis, when sub-prime risk left many reeling, the investment ...

Life-cycle funds boost retirement income: Mercer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... highlighted the urgent need for wider adoption of age-based products. "Today's default products mean the average Australian is in danger of an inadequate income in retirement due to an unnecessary exposure to the possibility of a dramatic drop in accumulated ...

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... utilities and Telstra have enjoyed strong performance in the last year, the strategist warns that income stocks are in danger of forming a bubble. "As greater numbers seek safety in purchasing perceived stable cash flows at progressively higher prices ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... to judge performance. Advisers, keen to out-source the responsibility, as well as the blame when things go wrong, are in danger of rushing investors in to potentially unproven products. Ian Bailey, chief executive officer at Super Funds, a wealth management ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Standard & Poor's downgrade of the US's AAA credit rating sparked a global stock market sell-off in August 2011. Another danger is that the announcement of further quantitative easing could let inflation out the tube, unsettling investors and leading ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Competition for business amid the rapid growth of the SMSF industry is in danger of diluting the quality of service for the end client, according to a number of industry professionals. India-based Sundaram Business Services has been operating in Australia ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... and possible unrest in the rapidly developing country of 1.3 billion people. Inequality within rural areas is nearing "danger" levels as hundreds of millions shun farming for better-paid city work, causing a widening wealth gap, said a report by the ...