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Perennial proposes Century restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... management fee of 0.75% per annum plus GST on the first $150 million in funds under management, and 0.7% per annum plus GST on anything above. Century and Perennial would work together to "achieve renewal of the current Century board," as Perennial is ...

Advisers have assets test top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... clients would much rather hear about any changes to their financial situation from a trusted adviser first. "More than anything, it's about being in a position to inform clients, have a conversation about what the changes mean and manage your clients' ...

Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... It's because it's the first thing external people ask. Big asset managers pay these guys a fortune and they don't do anything," he said. "At any one time there're only a few areas of the market that are mis-priced. All the analysts covering the other ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... be a negative for coming quarters, the strength in household consumption indicates that the Q4 inventory build-up is anything but unwanted). Net exports (exports minus imports) provided no contribution in the fourth quarter with the 0.1 pp contribution ...

Back-office upgrade is front of mind for time-conscious advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... netwealth application without re-keying information, and then send for a client's e-signature without the need to print anything. Matt Heine, joint managing director of netwealth, said this solves one of the most common issues experienced by advisers ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... if you will. And if Markit Economics' latest manufacturing PMI updates on three of the world's biggest economies are anything to go by, we can surely do with some virtue of positive sentiment. Consensus expected the manufacturing PMI's to slow in February ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
If anything, the continued increase in Australian job advertisements affirm the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) positive take on the domestic labour market. In its February Statement on Monetary Policy, the Australian central bank noted that, "A concentration ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... die - it's not necessarily a cheery topic. People are quite willing to talk about it but they're just not looking to do anything about it," Hutton told a recent media briefing in Sydney. "I think it's alarming that one in two people in Australia will ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... there is no absolute right decision - the sheer range of approaches embedded within the construct of each product is anything but consistent," said Rainmaker head of superannuation research Stephen Fay. "This in itself raises the question of whether ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... for law reform. In the submission signed by REST chair Ken Marshman, it is pointed out that employees still may not do anything if given more of a choice. "Many REST members are still school aged and working in their first job. These members tend not ...