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Advisers must justify complex products: ASIC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
ASIC will clamp down on the misuse of Managed Discretionary Accounts (MDAs) and increase scrutiny on advisers recommending capital guaranteed funds. A growing number of advisers are offering structured capital protected and capital guaranteed products. ...

AXA Aus preps for next phase of North

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
AXA Australia will soon release the next generation of its successful North platform, gaining support from merger partner AMP. A broad range of licensees currently uses the North platform, launched in 2007, with the platform's funds under management ...

Cbus to shut down 'capital guaranteed' option, renames default

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) has closed two of its investment options, including 'capital guaranteed', while renaming its default option to 'growth'. Cbus fully closed its moderate growth option at the end of 2010, while ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... the platform, but the service garners a staunch -- and rapidly growing -- following among planners due to its capital guarantee offerings. "On average, planners write 19 per cent of their new business through their second most-used platform, but planners ...

Wheels rolling away from commission

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
AMP continues on its path away from a commission-based fee model, testing the waters by removing the in-built commissions within the AMP Growth Bond fund. It's a small step for AMP given that the fund is new but, if the strategy works, it could become ...

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... that is interested in such a product, half would be willing to pay over 50 basis points per annum extra for a capital guarantee and less than a third would be willing to spend more than 1 per cent.

Super without worries

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... retirement savings from their mood swings. AXA Australia couldn't have picked a better time when it launched a capital guarantee product, North, in late 2007. The product resonated with the advice community as the financial crisis unfolded, pulling in ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Modern-day insurance bonds are now catching the eyes of advisers as the sector revamps itself with more specialist investment options. According to Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, insurance bonds are no longer ...

CareSuper reopens cap guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
CareSuper has reopened the doors of its capital guaranteed option after a three-month freeze when its underlying manager AMP closed it to new investments. According to Julie Lander, chief executive of the $3.5 billion industry fund, the Capital Guaranteed ...

Term deposit with a twist

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... and invest 90 per cent of client's funds into a term deposit, 10 per cent into an index fund and pay for the capital guarantee on those products.