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More platform inflows through SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Research from Investment Trends shows more than 75 per cent of planners invest some portion of SMSF inflows through a platform - up from 65 per cent a year ago. Planners also estimate that 43 per cent of their clients' total SMSF assets were invested ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Fidelity banks and property analyst Anita Costa told advisers in Sydney yesterday that while she is concerned over housing affordability levels in Australia, there is no property market bubble. Speaking at the 2010 Fidelity Investment Forum, Costa argued ...

Advice 'opt in' reforms to dictate platform choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
A yet-to-be-published report obtained by Financial Standard reveals that two in five planners will consider switching to a platform that can help them better administer the government's proposed 'opt in' reforms. Researcher Investment Trends will release ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
One of Canada's largest institutional investors has adopted new technology as it looks to move in-house certain investment operations previously outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's ...

AMIST Super takes driver's seat on cash and bonds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
AMIST Super makes full use of its newly-established internal investment team by taking a cash mandate in-house and working closer with one of its existing fund managers on a bond mandate. In August, AMIST hired Megan Pham, formerly the assistant investment ...

Vanguard launches property ETF

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia is due to launch property exchange traded funds (ETFs), a new product suite that aims to track the S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT index. The ETF is expected to start trading on the ASX from 15 October using the ticker symbol VAP ...

COIN buys remaining half stake in Outplan

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Financial planning software group COIN boosts its paraplanning services to advisers after acquiring the remaining 50 per cent of paraplanning specialist Outplan Pty Ltd. COIN acquired 50 per cent of Outplan in 2007 after which the brands worked towards ...

UBS poised to enter local ETF market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
The local arm of UBS plans to launch its own range of exchange traded funds in Australia, as research mounts that more financial planners are allocating more client funds into ETFs. Ben Heap, managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand for ...

BTIM adds PM to macro strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Jason Petras was recruited as portfolio manager to work with Joe Bracken, head of BT Investment Management's Macro Strategies. Petras will be responsible for research, develop and implement quantitative strategies for the flagship Global Macro fund. ...

Investors shun social media, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Nearly 75 per cent of institutional investors and stockbroking analysts snub social media for investment research - but a minority group visits websites such as YouTube to analyse investors' attitude to brands and stocks they follow, new research shows. ...