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Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
An industry spot poll found that financial advisers are open to switching from a 70:30 split on their domestic versus global equities allocation to a 50:50 following a well-argued case on the merits of investing more offshore. Attended by more than ...

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Conscious Capital has launched the Conscious Investor Fund, a highly concentrated portfolio aimed at wholesale investors. The fund will hold between only 10 and 30 stocks at any one time. The investment process centres on finding companies with proven ...

Sales approach boosts Sunsuper member uptake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
A strong "sales culture" approach and a souped-up IT system helped one superannuation fund grow its member base in recent months. Sunsuper's general manager of business growth Craig Godfrey says the fund is receiving more than 1200 new member applications ...

Simon McKeon to join AMP board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
AMP announced today that Macquarie Group executive chairman Simon McKeon will join the AMP board as a non-executive director, effective March 27. McKeon is also chairman of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and he ...

Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Dixon Advisory is transitioning its business across to full fee-for-service and to date, the results have been extremely positive. Tim Coates, associate director and head of property advisory at Dixon Advisory, said their fee for service revenue is ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The costs of operating and administering superannuation funds have increased despite savings made through economies of scale, data from Deloitte shows. The audit, consulting and advice giant said that costs per member broke the $150 mark for the first ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Following the SEC's direct appeal to the public for information, the incoming Financial Conduct Authority in the UK is asking the public for input about what information they'd like the regulator and the financial services industry to disclose. The ...

ClearView appoints heads of direct and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
ClearView Wealth Limited announced yesterday two senior management appointments in its direct and advice businesses. ClearView has appointed Elliot Singfield as head of direct. Since February, Singfield has been leading the Direct business which includes ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Vanguard has reduced the headline cost of its All-World ex-US Shares Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from 0.18% to 0.15%. According to the index fund specialist, the management expense ratio on the product has fallen by an average of 10 basis points ...

Guardian Advice unveils mentoring and equity partnership program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Boutique advice network Guardian Advice seeks to attract young advisers and help them start their professional career through a mentoring program and an equity partnership that will be announced within the next eight weeks. Guardian advisers' average ...