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AMP profits up 5.4% despite insurance disappointment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
AMP Limited's half-year profits are up 5.4% to $393 million following strong performance from its wealth management and investment businesses. The disappointing performance of the financial services company's insurance business was the only black mark ...

Aussie shares best in a generation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Australian shares have outstripped all other major asset classes over the last 30 years, according to research by Vanguard. The passive investment specialist has illustrated the importance of remaining exposed to the market over the long-term with 30-year ...

Super fund fortunes shift on FX exposure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Unhedged foreign currency exposure may be the way to go for super funds after a fall in the Australian dollar contributed 8.8% to unhedged portfolios in the last financial year. This bucks the trend of recent years. According to the NAB Superannuation ...

Study shows dark pools benefit markets at low volumes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Low levels of trading in dark pools actually improve market quality, according to a new study by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC). The independent academic centre for capital market research's findings follow concerns from some traders ...

Twitter usage on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Social media is now used by 72% of online adults in the US and Twitter usage has almost doubled, with usage among young people growing the fastest. The results are part of the latest research to come out of US Pew Research Center's Internet and American ...

Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Imposed quotas are much less likely to advance the cause of workplace gender equality than super funds exerting their considerable soft power to influence the industry, companies in which they invest and service providers. Helen Conway, director of ...

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Accountants ready to access HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
Members of the National Tax Accountants Association (NTAA) will be able to access HUB24 after the organisation reached an agreement with the platform provider. HUB24 parent company Investorfirst has signed a platform distribution agreement with InterPrac ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Fund managers must do more to disclose portfolio holdings so investors can assess their position in relation to environmental issues, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). The independent, not-for-profit organisation's stated aim ...

Most planners are aligned, consumers think otherwise

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
In an environment of increasing industry concentration, most financial advisers belong to an aligned dealer group, but their clients seem to think otherwise. About 28% of financial advisers belong to an independent dealer group and their funds under ...