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Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... because professionals recognise the true value there." Peter Burgess, technical director at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agrees that the global financial crisis has conspired to make investors far more reluctant to invest in ...

Klipin leaves AFA for millenium 3

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... millenium 3 adviser group. Since 2006, Klipin has been widely lauded for transforming the AFA into a strong adviser association which leads the market with its clear and authentic advocacy work, ground-breaking GenXt platform which has nurtured the future ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... of less risk and better outcomes for members." This week Mercer will be speaking to members of the Funds Executives Association (FEAL) about the issues they need to consider when creating an age-based lifecycle solution.

Life commission clawback forced on advisers: Synchron

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Life insurance companies, through their association with the Financial Services Council, are working together to form an anti-competitive remuneration model for financial advisers, said independent dealer group Synchron. Synchron, which has previously ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Young (@trevoryoung), leading industry social media consultant and former adviser Baz Gardner (@socialadviser) and Association of Financial Advisers' board member and co-founder of Wealth Enhancers Sarah Riegelhuth (@sarahriegelhuth). Michelle Baltazar ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... 3,478.66 points. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)/Australian Housing Association (HIA) performance of construction index (PCI) showed activity rising to an index of 35.8 in October, up from 30.9 the previous ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... contract was up nine points at 4,482. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association release the performance of construction index for October. In equities news, News Corporation is expected to announce first ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Eureka Report Alan Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia (ASFA). In late October, Alan Kohler and News Limited, through a number of their outlets ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... inexperience and high levels of complexity are a dangerous combination." Graham Colley, director of SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) says that the volume of work has been stable for five years now with around 2,500 SMSFs set up every ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the producer price index for September quarter, and the Housing Industry Association publishes its trades report for the September quarter. National turnover was 269 million securities worth $604 million, with ...