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V-Wrap sales sky rocket

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... portfolios to their clients," he said. "With no short term signs of improvement in financial markets, advisers will have no choice but to closely examine the cost of investing and seek low cost solutions." He said V-Wrap could save financial planning ...

Bad markets to test boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... boutique investors must properly research each boutiques investment team, resources and structure to identify quality firms. "Choice does matter, you can't just pick any boutique and hope to get it right. There's a pretty big gap in performance [between ...

AXA super tops league tables

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... especially for the default options. Following AXA were Vision Super's balanced growth option and ARIA's PSSap - Trustee Choice which returned -1.7 per cent and -2.1 per cent respectively. While these AXA employer products are still listed on AXA's website ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... the best returns possible given the risk associated with their investment decisions." He added, "For people to exercise choice, they need information and that information needs to be accurate." Last week, superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry submitted ...

Count buys $6m stake in Mortgage Choice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Financial advice firm Count Financial has palmed a $6 million slice of Mortgage Choice as it ups its stake in the mortgage advice space. Count acquired a 4.9 per cent interest in the mortgage broker under the advice of Lehman Brothers, noted a statement ...

Super funds to pass 'approved list'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... critical to a worker's retirement savings given that industry data found a majority 85 per cent of employees don't exercise choice and are therefore 'stuck' with the performance of their employer's nominated default super. "It is of significant concern ...

Trust MD resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... a small fiduciary financial services specialist in 2000 and now occupies leadership positions in all of its markets of choice." During Sweeney's tenure, Trust completed its merger with Permanent Trustees, created (and subsequently sold) a securitisation ...

Commodities bull run won't wane: GMI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... Investments (GMI), said investors building balanced portfolios would be hard put to miss the commodities boat. Investment choice in particular has pushed commodities into the mainstream, helping the sector shed its capital growth only mantle. "[Commodities] ...

Reserves okay and can be raised by fees: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
APRA dismisses claims that super choice means funds should no longer hold reserves for smoothing investment returns. Keith Chapman, executive general manager of APRA's Supervisory Support Division, speaking at the recent Meeting of Government Superannuation ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... proposed $800-plus portfolio. "We are developing a global presence in the senior housing and care sectors in order to deliver choice and ingenuity to a market that has historically lacked creative thinking," said Scott Marinchek, executive partner, Mariner ...