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AMP launches SMA platform

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... services in Australia have traditionally targeted very high net worth individuals. The Personalised Portfolio service will make SMAs more accessible to retail investors," said AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller. "The service offers ...

Præmium tackles UK SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... funds, said PrA|mium. The firm will also provide the legal structure for the managed fund for those who wish to rebrand. "SMAs have been hailed internationally as the next evolution of platforms and this adaptation of the SMA concept is ideal for the ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Reserve Bank's (RBA) increasingly hawkish attitude to smashing inflation presents risks of a hard landing in 2009 if consumers don't quickly moderate their spending. "With interest rates going higher and higher the risk that they go too high - if ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... still doesn't compete on the core advantage of the SMA because it's still unitised while the SMA is non-unitised." Other than SMAs, Knox pointed out that DIY super funds will drive the trend further. "The growth of self managed super funds and the adviser ...

BlackRock inches closer to global SMA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... test that, but we don't have a go-live date," he added. Access to international shares is one of the bugbears of the current SMAs due to varying tax treatments around the world on direct shareholdings. But Heffernan said that while he couldn't reveal ...

Investors Accru SMAs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... worth advice specialists Accru Financial Planning (AFP) have partnered with BlackRock to offer Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) on its menu. Director Matthew Kidd said BlackRock's size and international reach, including the future inclusion of international ...

Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Increased compliance burdens for self-managed super funds are fuelling a push into platforms, SMAs and wraps, according to MLC's general platforms manager, Anthony Waldron, and Arthur Naoumidis, managing director of Praemium. "(On) the two-to-three-year ...

State Street rebrands ETFs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... Aegis core and satellite model portfolio. We are now also seeing ETFs available through separately managed account platforms (SMAs), reflecting increased acceptance from financial planners and growing inclusion into self-managed super funds," Goodlad ...

Next signs with Bravura again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... Manager (CIM) administration solution, powering their individually managed accounts (IMAs) and separately managed accounts (SMAs). "Next Financial has an excellent pre-existing relationship with Bravura. Over the past three years the Bravura team has ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
The Australian share market remained on a high at noon after stocks shattered records at opening this morning. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points to 6204.3, while the all ordinaries jumped 4.5 points to 6188.1. On the Sydney ...