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Remuneration has no bearing on advice quality

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The head of Bombora Advice, which has just acquired two new financial advice practices, has defended commission based remuneration structures for risk advisers. Commenting on the recent inquiries into commission-based remuneration structures in the ...

India multi asset fund to list on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... degree of stability to the portfolio and gives investors a more comprehensive Indian allocation." "The LIC structure is perfect for offshore investment because it provides investors the protection and transparency of listing on the Australian Stock Exchange ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... opportune time to bring corporate bond market returns to all Australian investors. "It's really been the coming together of a perfect storm for Australian investors and the Australian corporate bond market. The GFC has caused people, globally and in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground overnight. At 0651 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Investors' search for yield in the current low rate, low-return perfect storm has boosted hedge fund inflows. Funds under management for the sector were up 21.7% for the two years to December 2014, according to Rainmaker Data. But a great idea, an obscure ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
They talk the talk but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report ...

NAB too big to change culture overnight: Thorburn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... fee for service in its advice businesses or lifting minimum education standards for its advisers. "We're proud, but not perfect. It is absolutely clear that whilst we've done many good things, mostly good things, some haven't been dealt in a way that ...

Prime Super appoints independent director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... all Australians have the opportunity to age well and live dignified lives as value members of the community, makes her a perfect fit for Prime Super," said Prime Super chair Alan Bowman. "There is a growing push in the industry to make industry super ...

Only a quarter of Australians contributing to reach retirement goals

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... ageing population and continued stresses on government budgets, it's quite possible that Australia may be headed into a perfect storm where retirement standards may fall. "This is a problem which needs to be addressed urgently and before too many Australians ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Australians don't believe that superannuation will provide adequately for their retirement and expect that it will contribute a little more than one third of their retirement nest egg, ING Direct research revealed. Superannuation is expected to represent ...