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Asgard eyes industry business with pay as you go platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Asgard is looking to win clients from industry funds with the launch of its new Infinity eWrap platform, which will enable investors to select and pay for specific features, rather than the entire product offering. Infinity eWRAP, which has been in ...

AXA winds up billion dollar funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
AXA Australia is in the process of winding up seven funds, including a $1.06 billion mortgage fund, with a withdrawal offer available on two others. An AXA spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard yesterday that AXA had completed a review of its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... after 76.62 yen. European stocks sagged early in the day after the release of data showing eurozone manufacturing hit reverse gear in August, tumbling to a two-year low, in a fresh sign the economy is slowing fast. The eurozone manufacturing purchasing ...

FOFA: Opt-in obligations, ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The much anticipated proposed regulations for the financial advice industry have been announced with opt-in, the banning of commissions, new powers for ASIC and a consultation paper on the term 'financial planner' outlined in the first tranche of draft ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
When you're happy and you know it - click on the buy button. The 24-hour cycle saw most major equity indices soar up, up and away - from Asia to Europe to America. Are we witnessing the beginning of the beginnings of another leg up in equities or will ...

ETF provider wants to expand asset class range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
State Street Global Advisers is keen to open new asset class realms to the Australian exchange-traded fund market, its global head of ETFs said yesterday. Scott Ebner, managing director and global head of exchange traded fund product for SSgA flew into ...

Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... appetite is," he said. The Capital Series products provide a protected loan structure to enable self-managed super funds to gear into shares, growing their balances but minimising downside risk. The product limits downside exposure by insuring the loan ...

Adviser fee structures hit the spotlight

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Fee structures for financial advisers was a hot topic at a national roadshow in Sydney yesterday with revelations that asset-based fees could not be charged on geared clients. Stewart Bell, executive consultant from Elixir Consulting, gave a detailed ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney ...

Cautious bulls predict solid earnings season

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Fund managers from Treasury Group's boutique portfolio have forecast a cautiously positive outlook for the upcoming earnings season. FrankVillante, chief investment officer of Celeste Funds Management, a small-cap Australian stock specialist, said he ...