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Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Financial advisers' access to separately managed accounts (SMA) more than doubled in the past year which could open the floodgates to wider uptake of the structure, the latest Investment Trends report said. Advisers who said their most-used platform ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... InfraHedge, an investment administration technology group that is a subsidiary State Street corporation, said managed accounts are ideally suited to these investors because they enable asset owners to maintain governance control using a platform structure ...

CBA dangles carrot to roll customers into Essential Super

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is incentivising its banking customers to roll their lost super accounts into its Essential Super product by offering them the chance to win one of 10 $500 vouchers for Coles and Myer. The bank is writing to customers to let ...

Rainmaker expands its investment capability with key appointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Rainmaker Information, SelectingSuper, SelectAdviser, Financial Standard, FS Advice, FS Super, FS Private Wealth, FS Managed Accounts and FS CPD.

ATO recovers $30 million from HSBC accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The ATO has recovered over $30 million in tax liabilities from HSBC accounts held by Australian taxpayers. After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a report on Monday detailing how HSBC's Swiss banking arm assisted ...

Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... industry," Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said in the submission. The research company argued that joint super accounts would help member engagement and would reduce the number of accounts by several million. "If half of all couples exercised ...

AMP Capital trims global infrastructure equity team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... head of infrastructure for Australia and New Zealand Paul Foster will leave the business, along with head of customised accounts and infrastructure Chris Wade and head of listed debt John Mitchell. The fund manager will also eliminate the role of head ...

Retail funds still unable to match industry fund popularity

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... lower than $5,000 have slightly higher satisfaction than industry funds (45.7% compared to 44.8%). However, this segment accounts for only 0.3% of total superannuation balances. Industry fund members with over $5,000 in super are clearly more satisfied ...

Asia already benefiting from fall in oil prices

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... prices on equities, BlackRock said that it doesn't believe "lower oil prices pose a fundamental threat to equities: energy accounts for a relatively small weight in most equity indices." However, lower prices are likely to have a positive impact on global ...

401(k) plans to reach $6trn by 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... of the retail IRA market. "As defined benefit (DB) plans become rarer, particularly within the private sector, 401(k) accounts will likely be the primary savings vehicles for a large portion of US workers. Asset managers are sharpening their focus on ...