Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 5741 - 5750 of 8593 results for "SIM"

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
New research reveals enormous opportunities for Australia's financial advisers to help their clients, with self managed super funds, diversify their portfolios better. Launched on the eve of the 2013 SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

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 ...

Water fund recommended

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Rating agency Zenith has recommended the Blue Sky Water Fund, which trades physical water assets that it says are uncorrelated to mainstream investments. The Blue Sky Water Fund is an unlisted fund operating in the alternatives space which focuses on ...

CBA to snare DIY investors with MyWealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Commonwealth Bank yesterday launched MyWealth, a new platform which attempts to attract the three million Australian do-it-yourself investors to trade shares, ETFs and fixed interest investments online. Described by the bank as a first for the Australian ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
New claimants will participate in a class action brought against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the sale of complex debt instruments by Gloucester Shire Council in NSW and self-managed superannuation fund Clurname in the Federal Court last ...

How advisers can double their business value

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Putting greater emphasis on earnings can double the value of financial planning businesses, according to Centurian Market Makers' Chris Wrightson. Financial advice practices are typically valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue with many institutionally ...

Frontier staffs up

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Frontier Advisors, the industry superannuation fund-owned asset consultancy, yesterday said five new staff been added to its roster. Gilly Zimmer joined Frontier on 29 January as a consultant. Previously Zimmer was a senior manager, infrastructure ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Chicago-based investment manager William Blair has stepped up its bid to penetrate the Australian superannuation fund market by bringing senior investment and distribution executives to Sydney to present to asset consultants and ratings houses. Head ...

Super funds get serious about social media

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
With social media becoming increasingly more powerful as a means of systemising client engagement, a clear strategy is needed for targeting members and managing risk, according to Buchan Consulting. Tom Buchan principal of Buchan Consulting is recognising ...

AMP launches new iPad app for advisers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
AMP has launched an iPad application for its Financial Advice Network advisers that it said is integrated with their back-office systems. Today AMP said that it had launched Evolve, an iPad app featuring advice tools that are fully integrated with advisers' ...