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Financial advisers raise bar in quest to succeed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The calibre of financial advisers in Australia continues to improve, according to research that draws from 10 years' worth of data on how leading advice practices in the country operate. Yesterday the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) released ...

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The 2012 SelectingSuper awards are being held in Melbourne's MCG members Dining Room on Thursday 8 November, with 16 awards on offer. They range from the Workplace, Personal and Retirement Products of the Year in multiple categories, to Self Managed ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The exponential growth in self managed super funds is turning them into one of the most attractive sectors of the investment market, this time attracting the interest of mortgage brokers who are being told they should target the sector. Doug Lee, head ...

More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The proportion of people in the US worried about how they'll fund their retirement has skyrocketed, and leading the charge is young people. A national survey of 2,508 people conducted by the Pew Research Center (PRC) has found that 66% of people are ...

Super returns nudge GFC barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
After almost five years, super funds are finally in line with their pre-GFC peaks of October 2007, a preliminary report from SelectingSuper's latest super funds performance survey reveals. According to the report, workplace default fund rolling 12 month ...

AustEthical ready for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
After major restructuring which saw it trim a quarter of its staff, and redesign many of its products, Australian Ethical Investment is actively re-engaging with the market, said chief executive Phil Vernon. The restucture came to a head back in June ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Rapidly evolving technology and how investors interact with it, accompanied by changing client expectations and regulatory reform is pushing platform developers to fundamentally review their offerings. Forcing the strategic rethink is the growing disconnect ...

Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
While the rush to SMSFs is 'pennies from heaven' for administration solution providers, the bigger opportunity is building platforms to help members make better investment decisions and monitor their performance. Paul Sainsbury, managing director of ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
An otherwise robust performance by the Future Fund was undermined this week when its senior executives were forced to justify their tobacco investments before a Senate Committee. Appearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Senate ...

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Affordable housing advocates are proposing a new special purpose housing investment bond program help to kick-start new owner-occupier housing developments. In August the Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH) organisation released a four-point plan ...