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FPs and accountants at odds on SMSF strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Financial planners are almost three times as likely than accountants to place self managed super fund (SMSF) clients on a platform, highlighting key differences in how the two professions are dealing with this booming market segment. The Investment ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Investments in international property, hedge funds and ethical investments have fallen sharply during the June quarter, Rainmaker data shows. The Rainmaker Roundup June quarter report found among the slowest growing sectors was international property ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and financial planning clients are snapping up structured products that provide exposure to local and Asian markets, with one provider of the products gaining more than $100 million in just 18 months. Instreet's ...

TPD tax changes could increase premiums: ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Tax changes around the deductibility of insurance premiums for disability superannuation benefits has been criticised by one industry association that warns insurance premiums may rise. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

MLC targets TV for insurance drive

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
MLC is ramping up its insurance awareness strategy with television advertisements that entice viewers to consider their insurance needs and seek advice. The commercials are screened on channel 7, 9 and 10 and pay TV and show a couple talking and then ...

Bond index returns beat active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Financial planners should rethink how they invest in Australian bonds after research found active managers underperformed the benchmark more than 94 per cent of the time over three and five years. The Vanguard study, which drew research from Standard ...

Maritime Super lowers IP premiums

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Maritime Super has negotiated lower premiums on the income protection insurance for the 4,800 Stevedoring members. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime Super, said the fund's claims had been good in the past year, which means the management ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... investment management of the Asian Share fund and China Share fund to one of HSBC's entities, Halbis Capital Management. Michael Lovett, General Manager, Boutique Partnerships at Challenger Financial Services Group, said given the volatile nature of ...

Rev mortgage market continues to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Australia's reverse mortgage market has grown five per cent in the six months to June with total outstanding funding representing $2.6 billion but the number of new borrowers has declined, a study found. The Deloitte SEQUAL Reverse Mortgage Study found ...

Bassanese backs Aus eqs and LPTs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Pennywise Investment, an exchange traded fund (ETF) specialist developed by economist David Bassanese, is keeping an overweight position in Australian equities and local listed property, despite some experts saying the market is overvalued. Bassanese ...