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Warning signs in consumer wealth report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
Despite the GFC household wealth still went up. But before wealth managers celebrate too loudly, they are battling to reach beyond Australia's wealthiest people and independent investors using SMSFs are the most satisfied. The results are contained ...

Unlisted assets should be limited: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said to protect liquidity, super funds should have limits on how many illiquid investments they can hold. John Brogden, IFSA chief executive, told ABC BusinessLateLine last night that "We believe ...

Ignorance is not financial bliss: Fidelity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Nine out of 10 investors in the US fail to understand the full benefits of using a type of individual retirement account (Ira), called the Roth Ira, and the lack of knowledge is costing them a lot of retirement money, a new study found. Research from ...

Cloud computing comes to iPhone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
New York Stock Exchange-listed Netsuite has brought a cloud computing mobile enterprise resource planning suite to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch in Australia. NetSuite for iPhone and iPod touch is available now for free on the App Store, noted a press ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Investments in international property, hedge funds and ethical investments have fallen sharply during the June quarter, Rainmaker data shows. The Rainmaker Roundup June quarter report found among the slowest growing sectors was international property ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and financial planning clients are snapping up structured products that provide exposure to local and Asian markets, with one provider of the products gaining more than $100 million in just 18 months. Instreet's ...

Chinese Australians return to the East

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Chinese Australian investors have never been far from their Chinese roots and portray a different investment mindset to the average Australian investor, as many yearn for bigger exposures to Asia, according to one specialist fund manager. Jonathan Wu ...

Bond index returns beat active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Financial planners should rethink how they invest in Australian bonds after research found active managers underperformed the benchmark more than 94 per cent of the time over three and five years. The Vanguard study, which drew research from Standard ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Life insurer Asteron spearheads a new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer ...

SuperChoice signs TOWER super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
TOWER Australia joins a growing list of corporate super fund providers that have switched from doing choice-of-fund admin internally to outsourcing the role to clearinghouse specialist, SuperChoice. Under the deal, SuperChoice will handle contributions ...