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Retail investor confidence in domestic market low

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Retail investors say they have low confidence in Australia's economic outlook and a low appetite for investment risk, but their portfolios don't reflect that view. That's according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)'s latest Retail Investor Survey ...

Standard Life global bond fund gets recommended rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Standard Life Investments Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust (ARGBS) has been awarded its first rating by research house Lonsec. Lonsec rated the product 'recommended' and highlighted the fund's experienced team and strong risk management ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

Smarter Money Investments added to BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Smarter Money Investments (SMI) flagship cash fund has been added to the BT Wrap Platform and is now available on six other platforms for advisers and their clients inside and outside superannuation. The Yellow Brick Road (YBR) funds management ...

Support for FICAP RockStar event swells

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has announced that its annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar' competition, will be held at a new, larger venue this year to accommodate the swelling number of people supporting the event. The invitation ...

Atchison Consultants appoints senior consultant

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Anton Lawrence has joined Atchison Consultants as a senior consultant, with responsibility across portfolio development, product development and market research and analysis. He has over 25 years' experience as a property analyst, fund adviser and fund ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are ...

AdviserLogic launches licensee-to-adviser tech tool

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Software provider AdviserLogic has launched a tool to connect licensees and advisers more efficiently. The new services include a Licensee Console that allows advisers to create content, update it and automatically make it available to their planners' ...

Praemium platform passes $3bn milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Praemium's global funds on platform reached $3.1 billion as at 31 December 2014 following a quarter of record inflows to the company's Australian and international separately managed account (SMA) platforms. Gross inflows for the December 2014 quarter ...

JPMorgan global bond fund added to platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund has been added to three major platforms shortly after J.P. Morgan Asset Management brought the fund to Australia. The BT, Asgard and IOOF platforms now offer access to the manager's unconstrained fixed income ...