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Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... that, in net terms, for many Australians their home and their super makes more money than they do. These national average metrics of course paint a distorted picture of national wealth but it nevertheless illustrates the changing income mix of many Australians ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... (3.2% in 1999) and its debt was at 103.4% of national output (94% in 1999). Most likely, the Greeks submitted the 1999 metrics. But even then, the numbers didn't qualify for the Maastricht criteria that caps government deficits to 3.0% and debts to 60% ...

Lonsec launches ESG metric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Lonsec has launched the next series of its Better Investment Outcomes metrics, this time including one that targets environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. As reported in Financial Standard, Lonsec's BIOmetrics are product rating tools ...

SDI products drive retail FUM growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... damaging platform business directly but the growth outlook for traditional retail managed funds is dire. Despite these metrics, traditional retail assets at $1.1 trillion - including all SMSF monies notwithstanding less than 20% of this is invested through ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

Lonsec launches product rating tools for advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... tools divide products into three categories: "Features and Benefits", "Aggregated Risk" and "Cost". Each category has sub-metrics. As the suite is rolled out, Features and Benefits, for example, will contain assessments for complexity, tax efficiency ...

ETF market breaks multiple industry records

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market broke industry records in multiple key metrics in 2014, according to BetaShares' Australian ETF Review: Year End 2014. Foremost, the market experienced its highest ever growth in 2014, with FUM increasing ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... and seven years the infrastructure advantage is a whopping 7% pa and 9% pa respectively. Despite the impressive return metrics from the infrastructure sector, research from Rainmaker reveals the asset class continues to attract only low levels of interest ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... professional standards. The Beddoes Institute found that trusted advisers perform significantly better across key business metrics, including client advocacy, prospect conversion, and involvement in client's personal and financial affairs. Their clients ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... residential loans accounted for 15% of bank assets but by 2013 this ratio had increased two and a half times to 38%. These metrics add momentum to previous ISA analysis that showed the financial system to be Australia's largest industry sector and that ...