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Admin costs rise four-fold off-platform: research

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Advisers who choose to go off-platform when handling client investments could be hit with higher admin costs, in one case four times more compared with staying on-platform, research found. The report undertaken by Praxis Partners and commissioned by ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... received the largest share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the African continent, with the figure rising more than five-fold from $1.2 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion in 2012. The figures came from the 'Global Investment Trends Monitor' report ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... the systemic risks may not be small." Ergo, Super Mario will do 'whatever it takes' to bring the tiny island back to the fold. While Cyprus has created headlines everywhere, financial markets (save for the knee-jerk selling the day after the weekend ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Venezuela's SE General Index, the benchmark equity market index increased by an exponential 1,549.4% (more than a thousand fold). Yes, Venezuela. The home of the late President Hugo Chavez. The man who, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, "...has seized ...

Co-operation key to avoiding pain from ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... investigation from the regulator has raised questions about the best way to respond to scrutiny. Dr Hillary Ray, senior lawyer at The Fold says that businesses shouldn't underestimate how helpful the regulator can be if approached the right way. "The ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... securities regulator, Guo Shuqing, said the investment quota for foreigners in the domestic equity market could be increased 10-fold. Hong Kong rose 0.64 per cent, or 149.19 points, to 23,413.26, Seoul added 0.52 per cent, or 10.37 points, to 2,007.04 ...

Advisers at risk over asset-based fees

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... change the way that they charge asset-based fees, which can create conflicts of interest, said finance consulting group The Fold. While the Federal Government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have done a clean-sweep of the industry, asset-based ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Despite growing speculation that the next bull market run is just around the corner, historically low interest rates, and a call by RBA governor Glenn Stevens for investors to return to shares, investors' remain unwaveringly committed to cash. Following ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... damning, SMSF assets went up $123 billion in this period while superannuation platforms increased only $19 billion, for a six-fold growth differential, the researcher noted. Mahoney claims the trend-line within this research points to a profound shift ...

Cash for investment not just liquidity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... aged under 50, with the most significant increase coming from those aged in the 20-30 and 30-40 brackets which both grew six-fold. In the 40-50 age group, the five-year SMSF term deposit portfolio increased by 114%, the 50-60 bracket increased by 71% ...