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Advisers expect profits to climb 10pc despite FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... future. The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2011 Financial Planning Practices Benchmarking survey of 109 boutique and mid-tier financial planning practices, found that 73% expect 10% higher profits in two years time. Practices with a dealer group AFSL ...

UBS undecided on OptiMix future

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... opportunity to lock in a solid distribution partnership with ANZ. "Clearly it takes us from the pack, if you will, to the top tier and that's very important," said Ben Heap, head of global asset management, Australia and New Zealand, UBS. "I think as ...

Equipsuper builds intra-fund advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
Equipsuper is building on its intra-fund advice model, creating the Member Adviser service where super members can seek limited financial advice and a statement of advice for a one-off fee of $75. Equipsuper's 54,000 members can now access general ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... per cent in the three months to February, for an annual rate of 3.8 per cent, seasonally adjusted. "This is really second tier wages data and the first tier wages data was yesterday (with the ABS labour price index)," Ms Deda said. "This data today doesn't ...

Bloomberg Tradebook taps into research vein

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Bloomberg Tradebook has released new client-focused programs in a bid to build up its research offerings, with a focus on transparency and client access to information. Available to their Australian clients, the global agency broker has introduced an ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
S&P Indices has launched a new index covering second-tier emerging markets Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. The CIVETS 60 index comprises of ten stocks from each country. Each company must have a market capitalisation of ...

ASIC call to improve planner education

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... They included a financial services competency certification exam for all new and existing financial advisers who provide Tier 1 financial advice at the entry stage. One year supervision for all new financial advisers following entry stage and a mandatory ...

Smaller banks seeking platform independence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Second tier banks are increasingly looking to sever ties with their larger rivals in favour of independent investment platform providers, according to the chief executive of Melbourne based Powerwrap. Tasmania's MyState Financial has signed a deal with ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... companies are very expensive but being a specialist investment manager we can do that. We're looking at second, third and fourth tier cities rather than first tier," said Steele. Atom founders Drew Wilson and David Shearwood are selling their stakes ...

No $900 slug for planners: FPA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... in the advertising campaigns as the "gold standard", if she did not apply for the category she would drop down to a second tier. Rantall said the organisation was holding 32 roadshows around the country to explain the changes, with details available ...