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BT launches adviser website and app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... such as superannuation, social security, retirement planning, tax aged care and estate planning. "BTAS really puts everything a planner needs at their fingertips," head of practice management advice Wes Hall said. "Whether it's finding out the latest ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... price for fund managers' services but said no super fund chief investment officer pursues low costs at the expense of everything else. "If we wanted low fees without regard for return or risk or diversification then we would buy index products at effectively ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... NAB would get it right this time. All the signs are there - weak business confidence, weak consumer sentiment, weak everything related to growth...including weak commodity prices and weakening China. And the more these 'experts' play Chicken Little ...

Advisers could benefit from independent software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... want to know what the tax position is of your investments. You know, you can't make good decisions unless you know everything," Bailey said. PLUTO was developed four years ago because there was nothing on the market that could do this. When asked how ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... John Randall said the industry would breathe a sigh of relief in light of the Prime Minister's recent comments that 'everything was back on the table.' "Despite the changes announced last month, it appears that the tinkering has stopped, and perhaps ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... from the 0.5% increase in the Medicare levy, the Gonski education reforms, and DisabilityCare - all locked in - almost everything else is up on the air and given the certainty of a Coalition win come 14 September, it'll be certainly up to Tony Abbott ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' for more action after rate cut (FT) All good. Everything's well again. Forget all those disappointing data sets out of the US yesterday, enough worrying and weeping. Today it's ...

Patience with underperforming managers urged: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... favour. It added that, just like stocks, a fall in the value of a managed fund usually signals a buying opportunity. "Not everything goes to plan 100% of the time for any investor, including professional fund managers. So we need to know whether the ...

Sherry joins calls to watch SMSF property spruikers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... said it was a primary concern for the industry and a threat to confidence. "The property spruikers are out and about. Everything I hear anecdotally tells me there are a lot of bad practitioners," he said. The former Labor politician's comments echo those ...

Bissaker sets sights on Big Four market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... Australia Bank, ANZ and Westpac. "I respect the Big Four and they are very strong competitors but if you try and do everything they do then firstly you're not different and secondly they're probably going to have more capital to apply," he said. "You've ...