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Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A secret "shadow shopping" exercise on the services provided by the Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) group found their advisers are not as good as independent financial advisers (IFAs) and bank-aligned planners. The CoreData report, The Industry ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... ease capacity constraints (read, demand for higher wages) and ease inflation pressure. Australia's problem is that the pro-active and aggressive monetary response by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Rudd government's fiscal spending have worked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... reining in surging asset prices. Volume on the Tokyo exchange's first section hit its highest in seven months, boosted by active trade in Japan Airlines, which crumbled on growing expectations the airline is headed for bankruptcy and a delisting from ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... understood, she added. The research team also recommended more money into global fixed interest assets and maintaining an active exposure to equity markets. "Global fixed interest is looking more attractive so we're looking at moving some of the fixed ...

AXA adds 20 funds to APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... technical research and paraplanning at AXA Australia. Thomas said the additional funds do not reflect a tilt towards passive or active investment strategies but aim to provide financial planners with more choice.

Season's Greetings from the Financial Standard team

... new year. The first online newsletter next year will appear on January 11 but until that time, the website will remain active and readers will still have full access to the news archives and Intelligence Unit research and analysis. We thank you for your ...

Aberdeen fund gets S&P three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Veerappan. Aberdeen has indicated that it does not intend to rely on tactical asset allocation (TAA) as a significant source of active return, but rather, will focus on constructing a portfolio that can deliver a sustainable income stream above the cash ...

Funds under management post record jump

RAINMAKER GROUP IS THE OWNER OF FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Australian equity orientation, a sector that has continued to rally during 2009. The five slowest growing sectors were active extension, hedge funds, international property, unlisted direct property and overall property. Despite recovering market sentiment ...

Universal model tough to execute

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... However, whether those same funds will continue to participate effectively in both the proposed "universal" and "choice" - for active members - models remain to be seen. "There will be structural issues on how they're going to continue doing what they ...

ETF Securities ramps up for 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Phelan said the tide may be turning towards greater beta exposure. "That may change, I think the penny is dropping that active management may not be the way to go with these sorts of things," he said.