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Planning firms mispriced on knowledge blacks spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
A lack of knowledge among vendors is leading to disparities in the prices being paid for planning practices and client books, according to Chris Wrightson, director of specialist business adviser and broking firm Centurian Market Makers. According to ...

AFS goes into liquidation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group has been placed into voluntary liquidation, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The resolution to wind up the company was made yesterday by creditors. At the same time ...

Wellington Capital to take PIF case to High Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Wellington Capital has said it will take the Premium Income Fund (PIF) case to the High Court after the Federal Court ruled that distribution of PIF shares to Asset Resolution Limited (ARL) was invalid. The rule overturns an early decision of the same ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The imminent end of the bond bull-market means now is the time for investors to consider absolute return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed ...

Platforms hold sway over fund access

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The lack of available funds on platforms, as well as the difficulty in being included, mean unlisted property funds remain only on the fringes of mainstream investment, a Property Investment Research (PIR) panel discussion has concluded. Panel members ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Times like these, I really wish I had a twitter account and most importantly...know how to use it. Then I could just hashtag "what I said yesterday" and I'm done. Finito. Wall Street closed down overnight from up the night before. Like I said, markets ...

Planners must advise people, not portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Financial planners need to focus on their soft skills to address clients' problems, as they keep in mind that they servicing not just portfolios, but people, trusted advisers say in new research. The research by the Association of Financial Advisers ...

Direct insurance not a competitor of retail: Zurich

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Direct insurance is offering a different product than advised insurance and is not competing directly for its market share, according to Zurich Life head of Marketing Richard Dunkerley. "The statement that direct insurance is cheaper than retail insurance ...

Advisers could benefit from independent software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Software designed by Brite NSW in association with adviser Bailey Roberts Group will become available to independent advisers, in a move designed to pluralise the platform market. The application, dubbed 'PLUTO', allows users to operate individually ...

Deposits from adviser market boost ME Bank deposits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Deposits from the adviser market have contributed to significant growth in customer deposits with ME Bank. The bank has tripled its deposit book to about $7 billion over the last three years to April 2013. ME Bank general manager network sales and relationships ...