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Self-reliant investors need professional advice: SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Clients who are becoming more self-reliant and focusing on 'when to retire' need professional advice, according to SFGA's managing director Tony Fenning, who yesterday delivered a 6% increase in FY12 underlying NPAT for the merged advice firm. Fenning ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Another day, another blah to keep risk takers happy. Yes Virginia, in keeping up with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
A desire for control and growing pressure on fees are the main reasons SMSF investors are relying less on advice, according to the latest Vanguard and Investment Trends Self-managed Super Fund Report. The use of advisers by the SMSF sector declined ...

SFG to close competitive gap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Advice group SFG plans to address structural issues in competition with a major expansion as industry dynamics change on current economic and political conditions. Chairman Eric Dodd recently expressed a desire for the Group to treble in size to the ...

SFG restructures board for best practice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
SFG Australia has appointed Naseema Sparks to its board as an independent, non-executive director. Tony McDonald has also resigned from his position as an executive director of the Company. Sparks currently holds a number of non-executive directorships ...

Acquisitions and cost savings key for SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
SFG Australia, formerly Snowball Group, has posted positive revenue and earnings on the back of cost savings and acquisitions, although flat markets have impacted funds under advice and administration. SFG delivered net operating revenue of $57.8 million ...

Super fund private equity inflows constant

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Australian superannuation fund inflows into private equity have remained constant despite fears of a lag in interest, with Asian investors also investing in this space, according to speakers at a BNP Paribas event this week. Dr Katherine Woodthorpe ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Investment Trends December 2011 Margin Lending Financial Planner Report has revealed 83% of respondents named market conditions as the biggest barrier to margin lending among financial planners. Volatility levels attracted 49% of the vote with higher ...

Ascalon partners with Hong Kong manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Ascalon Capital Managers has furthered its presence in Asia, forming a partnership with a Hong Kong-based alternative manager, Athos Capital. Ascalon, a member of the BT Financial Group and a 100% subsidiary of Westpac Banking Corporation, said it was ...