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Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... made retirees and pre-retirees the pre-eminent markets for financial planners - and, according to Investment Trends' December 2013 Retirement Planner Report, they are set to become even more important in the future. Based on an in-depth survey of 798 ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Super funds have seen the lowest rates of return for almost two years, according to figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In the March quarter, super funds with more than $50 million in funds under management saw ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Yes, no, maybe... I don't know. It's another happy day for the stock markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of ...

IOOF secures strong advice channel with SFGA bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
The IOOF bid to acquire all of SFGA shares would result in a non-aligned advice business larger than those of NAB, Westpac and ANZ. IOOF offered 0.104 shares for each SFGA share, which implies a value of $0.90 per SFGA share. The SFGA Board unanimously ...

Buffett discloses new Verizon investment

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Warren Buffett's company has disclosed a new investment of 11 million shares in Verizon Communications, and an increase in its stakes in Wal-Mart and IBM. Berkshire Hathaway on Thursday revealed the changes to its $US106 billion ($A114.69 billion) portfolio ...

OneVue rebrands with new website and logo

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Managed account provider OneVue has rebranded its company logo and has launched a new website. "The new logo is true to OneVue's origins but at the same time has been reinvigorated while the new website is more encompassing of the complete range of ...

CFS awarded 'Best Platform Overall'

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
CFS FirstWrap platform was awarded 'Best Platform Overall', 'Best Navigation and User Interface' and 'Best Product Offering' in the recent Investment Trends December 2013 Platform Benchmarking Report CFS FirstChoice platform was awarded 'Best Master ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds are synonymous withA growth. As their number surpasses the half a million mark, Laura Millan looks at the opportunities for individual investors and how SMSFs could contribute to the Australian economy. Of all the appealing ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $100 million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused Listed Investment Company (LIC) on the ASX. With the listing, the company is aiming ...