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Baby boomers turn to property to fund retirement

Australian mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice, has come out and forecasted a surge in the property market to be fuelled by baby boomers, on the back of recent survey results. In spite of rising property market angst in some quarters, Mortgage Choice points ...

Global navigator finds six more

... the funds have been added because of demand from financial advisers. "It is important we provide differentiation in fund choice and type across all asset classes and the addition of these funds greatly assists advisers when developing an appropriate ...

Financial Wisdom on target to exceed 400 advisers

... "We needed to position our practice with a dealer group that had the same vision for the future in terms of investment choice, client support and leading edge financial planning software." Barrett said that the group's success is based on their commitment ...

Tricom use MIR portfolios for their IMA

... Individually Managed Account (IMA) portfolios. The IMA services, which they will call the Managed Account service, will offer a choice between either an Australian equities portfolio or an absolute return portfolio. Tricom says the new partnership signals ...

Care Super grows post super choice

Four months into super choice, CARE Super has reported a surge in employers joining the fund, with new employers increasing by 72 per cent over the last year. Meanwhile the fund has also reported 10 per cent membership growth in the last financial year ...

Consumers say plain English please

... Sunsuper. It is aimed at encouraging members to manage their super more actively. "In the past, people didn't have much choice over their super so they have the 'she'll be right' attitude to it," says Elkins. But after the choice of fund legislation ...

Chant West and van Eyk in alliance

... tool, parts of which is already being trialled by existing Van Eyk clients. Chant West principal, Warren Chant, said the 'choice of fund' environment requires that financial planners give advice that can adequately compare funds. "To do so, they need ...

Members staying put: Mercer

A new Mercer survey shows almost half of all members surveyed want to stay put in their current fund despite super choice. Mercer's September Super Switch Index showed that member loyalty remains very strong with 47 per cent of members 'unlikely to ...

Industry funds and master trusts both win in performance stakes

... investment sectors then that's where platforms really start to dominate." Keevers adds that in the current arguments about super choice and whether or not advice is worth paying for, the thing we need to help consumers understand is the differences between ...

HOSTPLUS grows 33 per cent

HOSTPLUS, the hospitality and tourism industry superannuation fund has recorded a 33 per cent growth in FUM, taking it from $3 billion to $4 billion for year ending August 2005. The growth has come from increasing employee members, more voluntary member ...