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UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
UK wealth sector intermediaries should stop providing advice and instead shift their focus to financial planning, says a new report from a conservative libertarian think tank. The report, 'Put the saver first, Catalysing a savings culture' by the Centre ...

Business wary of PE: PwC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Businesses are wary of sourcing funding from private equity investors, according to research released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report surveyed 1000 businesses with an annual turnover of between $10 million and $100 million. Of those businesses ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... than 20 million smartphones will be used by consumers by 2016 and that by 2014 more Australians will access digital services via a smartphone than a computer. This rate of penetration means Australia will have as many smartphones as people, and if you ...

Telstra Super launches income option

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... achieving some growth on initial investment capital, according to the fund, with income generated by the option accessible via a member's pension account. "Our Diversified Income product was specifically developed in response to both feedback from our ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... said he had planned succession in his business and had been paid out on the income protection, trauma and life insurance (via terminal illness benefit) policies he had put in place to protect himself and his family. "Mr Murphy will be remembered by the ...

NSW budget to focus on creating infra deals

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
The New South Wales state budget will tackle the lack of investment opportunities in infrastructure, with the aim of luring funds back from interstate and overseas projects. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird is believed to have brokered a deal with State Super ...

J.P Morgan launches automated fund platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Settlement Service (FORSS), allows large institutional investors, such as super funds, to deal with multiple counterparties via a single, automated online channel for all unlisted unit trust and hedge fund orders. The service is electronically enabled ...

New platform to help client engagement post FOFA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... explain the power of their financial planning services in a way which is, thanks to the information the planner has received via the online tools, already being tailored to the prospective client's unique circumstances and needs." Adviser can contact ...

Direct super platform targets SMSF exodus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... provide direct investment services. "It means if you are a member of a fund that uses this platform, you will be able to log on via the internet, buy and sell shares online in real-time, allocate some of your super funds to cash or a selection of term ...

NAB winds up private equity arm

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... closing its Integrated Capital Solutions private equity investment division. "NAB is discontinuing making further investments via Integrated Capital Solutions and is letting the existing portfolio of Investments run their course, and be naturally exited ...