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Provident Capital offers new fixed-rate units

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... Finance group Provident Capital has released a new fixed rate unit option in their Provident Capital Monthly Income Fund. Alex Francois, head of distribution - investments for Provident, said investors were looking for stability and reliability balanced ...

Oakeshott won't back FOFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Independent and Lower House balance MP Rob Oakeshott has told reporters that he won't back the FOFA opt-in reforms; raising doubts whether the whole advice reform package will make it past its first parliamentary hurdle. Oakeshott wavering on the FOFA ...

Diversified pension policy is best: OECD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
National pension policy is a balancing act between adequacy and sustainability, a balancing act that G20 countries are finding increasingly difficult to maintain, reveals a major OECD report. Restoring this balance is forcing countries to adopt policies ...

Tougher controls for SMSF collectibles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Draft legislation has been released by the federal government outlining new rules for self-managed super funds (SMSF) investing in collectibles. The proposed regulations are a significant watering down however of Super System Review recommendations ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The advice industry's latest advertising campaign to be to run by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will use a highly targeted online strategy rather than be designed to go head to head with the industry funds on national television. "We are ...

SMEs turning to advice, slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Most small business owners are unhappy with their retirement savings plans and are increasingly seeking advice, even from financial advisers, reveals research from accounting group Bird Cameron. The Bird Cameron 'Think Big' study of small business attitudes ...

China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
China's economy is now advancing so quickly that its high net worth sector is already worth almost as much as Australia's entire superannuation market but growing four times faster. According to research just released by global consultant Bain & Company ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
High equity weightings in accumulation superannuation are unsuited to retirement funds, presenting a big opportunity to life offices and super funds to create products that mimic the age pension. Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... while being tolerable at 5.5 per cent per annum are 2.3 per cent per annum ahead of inflation over the past decade," said Alex Dunnin, director of research at Rainmaker, the company that does the research for SelectingSuper. "Hitting returns are falling ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... while being tolerable at 5.5 per cent per annum are 2.3 per cent per annum ahead of inflation over the past decade," said Alex Dunnin, director of research at Rainmaker, the company that does the research for SelectingSuper. "Hitting returns are falling ...