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SMSFs beat the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The average self managed super fund (SMSF) posted a gross loss of more than 11 per cent in the twelve months to June last year, beating the S&P/ASX 100 over the same period, according to new research. Using Praemium data which contained around 4,500 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Australian share market oscillated between positive and negative territory at noon as investors retreated to the sidelines. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 0.2 points, or 0.01 per cent, at 3,154.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

AMPFP turn to IT to boost productivity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP), one of the largest planning groups in the country, is poised to attract more planners to its fold after plans to roll out a new IT system and the introduction of more consumer-friendly advice documents. Michael Guggenheimer ...

BNP turns to games for education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
BNP Paribas has developed a video game that allows the bank's European based employees to create their own virtual bank and learn more about the international banking system. The game, Starbank, allows employees or players to build a bank in an orbital ...

Ready, set, activate: AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Inactive AXA clients can soon expect a phone call from their advisers asking about their insurance well-being as Australia's largest planning firm embarks on a client reactivation program. AXA introduced the new program at the end of December last year ...

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Financial services group IOOF climbs through the ranks of platforms with the largest share of the non-aligned adviser market when it acquired Skandia Australia and Intech, a move that quadruples its slice of the sub-segment and adds more than $8 billion ...

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Westpac has launched an Australian shares separately managed account (SMA) that invests in the blue chip stocks to entice generation X into the market. The BlueChip20 SMA allows investors to build a portfolio in Australia's top 20 firms for a $2,500 ...

ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Merrill Lynch is scaling back its Sydney-based private equity division, according to industry sources. It is understood Merrill Lynch has axed many of the firm's Australian based private equity employees. A company spokesperson neither confirmed nor ...

SMSFs breach asset rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
More than half of all SMSF fund breaches last year were due to the fund breaking their "in-house asset" rules, according to a new study, with some trustees effectively using their super fund as their personal cheque account. The latest research from ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Global index provider, Global Wealth Allocation (GWA) has opened a Melbourne office and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office ...