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Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Financial advisers are still expecting SMSF revenues to increase as a percentage of their practice revenue, despite cost of advice falling and the specialist skills required. The Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund Planner Report showed ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
"Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Is she? Was she? Who did it? Poor Frau no deal "as long as I live" Angie babe. My apologies, this is a very nasty thing to even contemplate but just try and put two and two together - last night's equity markets rally and yesterday's statement by the ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... what it did without notifying the world that it's disappointed with the trajectory of the economy? As Frank Sinatra sings, "Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without ...

Clear advice models to engage clients

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
Advisers need to define their value proposition and focus on delivering strategic advice that clients understand the value of, according to Vanguard. Speaking at Beyond 2012: The Future of Advice Roadshow, Michael Lovett, head of Vanguard's Intermediary ...

Apostle partners with Dundas Global

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... so that we can choose from the best companies, wherever they are. It just makes investment sense - no matter how much you love home, in the long run you have to be able to choose the best investments from the global community." The Dundas Global Equity ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Don't you just love it when a plan goes according to plan? Wall Street remained on rebound mode while we were sleeping and so were most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town. The S&P 500 and the Dow each jumped by 1.4% overnight in ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... longer maturities, lower coupons and a 53.5% discount to their face value. According to some reports, this is tantamount (I love that word) to a 75% haircut on their original investment. But according to Bloomberg, only about 20% of all bondholders have ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Yesterday we found out, what Australians all knew all along. Most voters love the K-man, but most in his party doesn't. The reverse is true for the G-lady. Was it worth the political drama of the past four days - the humiliation on the international ...

MLC Insurance platform cuts turnaround by 70pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
The newly-launched MLC Insurance solution targets the entire advice industry, particularly independents, with insurance turnaround times to be slashed by 70% said MLC, which combines Aviva features with new insurance services. Adviser feedback and pilot ...