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Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The recovery of investor confidence after the global financial crisis is benefiting the financial planning space, which has seen a surge of clients looking for advice. An Investor Trends Planner Business Model Report for May 2013 found that new client ...

FIIG targets SMSFs with low-limit corporate bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has cut the lower corporate bond investment limit to $10,000 in a move to attract more investment from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. FIIG had previously put the limit at $50,000, which was itself ...

Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Investors are allocating increasing amounts to cash despite falling interest rates, according to research by Investment Trends. Over the past 12 months cash deposits, including term deposits (TDs), have grown by 7%, reaching a total of $1.8 trillion. ...

Bank levy upsets senior lobby

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Lobby group National Seniors Australia have criticised the government's plan to put a 0.05% levy on bank deposits in 2016, saying it will force pensioners into riskier investment alternatives. National Seniors Australia chief executive Michael O'Neill ...

OneVue strenghtens platform offering

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... managed funds, all Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed securities including 70 exchange traded funds, 21 term deposit providers and over 30 separately managed account (SMA) model portfolios. UMA VANTAGE will comprise everything in WRAP+ and allow ...

Macquarie Dividend Run-Up fund launched

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... efficiency, volatility management and smoother returns over time. Head of MSI Peter van der Westhuyzen said with cash and term deposit rates falling and confidence rising, investors and SMSFs are actively returning to the share market to benefit shares ...

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
The recovery in super fund returns that continued apace in the year to May 2013 points to 2012/13 being the best returns year since 2007. The upbeat assessment is contained in the latest SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index ...

HUB24 adds Perpetual SMA to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... dealer groups. This is in addition to the more than 800 wholesale managed funds, 1,000 listed securities and multiple term deposit and insurance options, including the recently added AIA retail life insurance products. "HUB24's market leading SMA/Managed ...

Curve appoints head of adviser relations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Fixed income intermediary Curve Securities has appointed Shane Heard as director of TD Gateway - adviser relations. TD Gateway, which was launched last month, service will give advisers access to 'specials' - term deposits with better-than-usual rates ...

Free service may help advisers bypass FoFA costs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... know about them; and two, because of the arduous admin process." "The service provides a gateway to a wide range of term deposit offerings, and it enables them to get around the prohibitive paperwork problem," Murray told the Financial Standard. "If ...