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US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... researcher. "Most advisers complete a brief, five- or six- question risk-profile questionnaire with their clients to determine basic information, such as the client's time horizon and reactions to different market cycles," said Patrick Newcomb, senior ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... than 50% over three years, the report showed. A similar trend is shown with retail funds. "There have been increases in basic levels of cover and the introduction of more and more income protection policies," Walker explained. "We believe that much of ...

New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... establishing a self managed super fund (SMSFs), investment strategies for them, superannuation products more broadly, and basic deposit products, though not particular deposit products, Shorten explained. Rainmaker research, based on Australian Tax Office ...

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... manage their overall financial wellbeing and to be retirement ready. Respondents also showed a lack of understanding about basic terminology and the rules regarding accessibility to funds. "Employers, government and superannuation funds all have an important ...

Link to take control of Russell administration

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Pressure on costs and the government's Stronger Super reforms have prompted Russell Investments to 'lift and shift' its superannuation administration operations to Link Group, it was announced yesterday. The new partnership sees Link Group integrate ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... necessarily correlated to structural stability or financial realities, but this is now starting to change," he said. "The basic strength of many countries in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe has rarely been so secularly robust as it is now, particularly ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... 11% in Indonesia and India, 10% in China, 8% in the Philippines and 6% in Malaysia. But unless surveys like this take even basic measures like inflation into account they just fuel misunderstandings about global competitiveness and what should be our ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... cent, to 1,418.55 and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite rose 8.92 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,986.96. Transportation and basic materials shares were strongest, while consumer goods slipped. McDonald's shares posted gains as the company's sales rose in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, after markets in the United States were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. At 1010 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down three points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,410.1 points, while the broader ...

Aus PE funds on the right side of supply & demand

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Australian private equity firms are still calling the shots on fees, said the chief executive of the Australian Private Equity & venture capital association Limited (AVCAL). While it is likely that in the future Australia private equity funds will have ...