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KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... ASB with 22%, AMP with 19%, Kiwibank (owned by NZ Post) with 7% and Mercer with 6%. According to Morningstar NZ, conservative investment options hold 42% of KiwiSaver FUM, growth options 20%, balanced options 16%, moderate options 15% and aggressive ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
ClearView Wealth Limited has expanded its advice division with the number of advisers in its dealer group increasing more than one-third since December. This expansion, announced via an ASX update, reflects ClearView's advice strategy which includes ...

UK to ban platform payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... fee and revenue models. They expect the reforms to come into effect end this year, signaling that the Cameron-lead Conservative government is supportive of the reforms. UK wrap provider, Skandia, said the new rules would hit their market segment hard ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... financial concern is that their savings won't keep up with inflation. Sixty per cent of those who moved to cash or conservative investments listed the GFC or volatile markets and the need to preserve capital as the reason. National Seniors chief executive ...

UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... intermediaries should stop providing advice and instead shift their focus to financial planning, says a new report from a conservative libertarian think tank. The report, 'Put the saver first, Catalysing a savings culture' by the Centre for Policy Studies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... the cyclical sectors open well today." The Australian market was one of the first to open after Greece elected the conservative New Democracy party, that backs keeping the country in the euro zone, into power on the weekend. The party immediately proposed ...

Australian shares outperform all other asset classes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... found growth assets including Australian shares and residential property delivered superior returns compared to more conservative asset classes such as cash and fixed income, over the 10 and 20 year periods to 31 December 2011. The report considered ...

Investors set to remain cautious: Franklin Templeton

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... from 20,623 individuals in 19 countries, concluded that in the near term respondents will remain cautious, fairly conservative and likely to keep their investment money close to home. Uncertainty about the global economy has continued to heavily influence ...

CBA platforms report solid performance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... "Consistent with the uncertain outlook that we indicated at the Group's half year results in February, we have retained our conservative business settings, including tight expense control, a conservative funding profile and strong provisioning levels," ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... a view to the upcoming MySuper legislative changes and in response to client demand. The UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Conservative and the UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Growth are diversified, tactical asset allocation wholesale products which combine passive ...