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Van Eyk enters voluntary administration

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Van Eyk Research has gone into voluntary administration with Trent Hancock of Moore Stephens Sydney Corporate Recovery Group appointed administrator. "The company's decision follows the recent and sudden closure of the Blueprint Series of managed funds," ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... offered by Equity Trustees (EQT) as the fund's responsible entity. Smarter Money Investments has also added its Smarter Money Active Cash Fund, which targets returns that seek to outperform the RBA's official cash rate by taking advantage of investment ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... was becoming an increasing concern. "As a sovereign wealth fund, we get more than our share of attention from NGOs and active groups. Recently we had protestors in our office chaining themselves to our desks," she said. The event mentioned occurred in ...

Wealthy investors bullish thanks to advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
High net worth investor confidence is up, bucking a trend of lower confidence across the market as a whole, according to the latest Certitude Global Investments investor intentions (CGIII) survey. The CGIII, which collates the views of over 600 actively ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... reasons of the non-for-profit funds' outperforming." ANZ's Smart Choice Super has predominantly an index component and uses active management to determine the asset allocation. "In the Australian market there is not a lot of extra alpha and more money ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Former leader of advocacy group GetUp and Australian Greens candidate Simon Sheikh has launched what he claims is Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund. Sheikh said Future Super stemmed from what he perceived as growing frustration ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... advisers said that their business' profitability was up in 2013, 72% said the same thing in 2014. The average number of active clients serviced annually by advisers has also increased from 141 in 2012 to 147 in 2014. "Rising markets and recovering client ...

Young Australians want 'quick fix' tips from advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Young Australians are particularly interested in getting 'quick fix' tips from their financial planners, as opposed to long-term comprehensive advice, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said. The results of the FPA's Financial Planning Week campaign ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... of many factors when giving effect to an investment strategy," it said. Both REST Industry Super and UniSuper defended active management, saying it had brought their members significant advantages. REST stated: "While active asset management may appear ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were ...