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RBC acquires 100pc RBC Dexia IS

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012

Future First joins Paragem

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Victorian financial planning practice, Future First, is the thirteenth firm to join independently owned Paragem AFSL, leaving AMP-aligned Hillross Financial Services. With the addition of Future First, Paragem's AFSL now holds over $1.3bn under advice. ...

Australian Unity takes majority stake in Certainty Financial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Corporate advisory firm Certainty Financial has entered a joint venture with Australian Unity Personal Financial Services, which has taken a majority interest in the practice. Steve Davis, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services general manager ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Guess we're no longer BFF (best friends forever) with Ben. No sir, not after he quashed everyone's hopes that QE the third is about to sail. How could you do this to us BFF? It's all over the headlines: "U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Minutes Damp Stimulus ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Super funds must act on scale now if they are to perform well under the Stronger Super reforms, according to a retirement head at Mercer, with forward projections a necessary outcome. Under the Stronger Super reforms, super trustees will have to determine ...

Platform FUM plummets by $16.5bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Platform funds under management nosedived $16.5bn over the year to December 2011, under pressure from volatile markets. The overall Masterfund market now sits at $411.3bn according to new data from Plan For Life, which was broken down into wraps, platforms ...

More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Investors who rely on natural efficiency improvements to protect their resources portfolio may lose out, according to one UK fund manager. Once seen as 'nice to have', environmental resources are now viewed as limiting factors on economic growth in ...

HIP Super members get access to Best Doctors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Boutique industry fund HIP Super has pulled off a major coup and formed a partnership with the MLC Best Doctors service, claiming the deal was only possible because of its small size. MLC's Best Doctors is an exclusive service run out of the Harvard ...

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Infrastructure investors are increasingly attracted to direct structures, signalling a move away from listed vehicles. A survey released by the alternatives investment research group Preqin found that 89% of top 100 infrastructure investors that represent ...

SPAA reassures members on opt-in

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has told members it will work with ASIC to ensure they remain exempt from opt-in requirements. The association has said it will be modifying its member code of conduct to ensure it ...