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SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors are reducing holdings in cash and term deposits and listed shares according to the latest data from OneVue. Reduction rates in these investment classes have slowed over the past two years yet they still ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have refused to comment on whether a final consensus has been reached on the way forward for risk advice reforms. This follows the report in Financial ...

Australian Unity to list office property fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Australian Unity is proposing to list its office property fund on the Australian Securities Exchange. Announcing the proposal was Australian Unity real estate investment general manager, Mark Pratt, who said the fund's portfolio of properties has solid ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Larger superannuation funds appear to have no scale benefit when it comes to getting a good deal on group insurance premiums, the latest study from Rainmaker shows. The Autumn 2015 Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report analysed 15,408 risk options ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Managed funds grew by $115.2 billion in the 12 months to end of March, according to the latest report from researcher Plan For Life. Retail managed funds ended the year up $45.3 billion (or 14.4%) to total $742.7 billion. Most of the leading companies ...

SMSF allocation to Aussie equities hits year-low

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) allocation to Australian equities has dropped to a year-low, as investment in international shares increases. The latest AMP-owned Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey shows that allocation to Australian equities ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
"It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sun-shiny day." -Everlife Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town bounded sharply higher while you, I and Irene were still in the stage of REM sleep as optimism returned - more specifically ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
"There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar Great expectations, everybody's watching you... Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town." - Eagles Well, not quite yet Virginia but, if recent reports are confirmed there'll be a new kid in the ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology ...

Retirement incomes lead FUM growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Retirement incomes recorded the largest funds under management and advice growth among the retail and wholesale superannuation and investment sectors in the year to March 2015. According to research firm DEXX&R, the retirement incomes segment increased ...