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NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... assessments can be done with a rule-of-thumb such as 1% of market size and that managers commonly use this method. "While easy to understand and implement, that measure does not discriminate among trading strategies with different turnover requirements ...

NAB Prosper launches next month

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... money or feel embarrassed about approaching somebody or they don't know who to go to - we think this tool is really good, easy way for customers to start their advice journey," Miller said. NAB Prosper will be rolled out in early October, progressively ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... April 2015 survey of 280 insurance executives across 20 countries, including life insurers like MetLife, Life Insurance Made Easy (LIME), Beagle Street and AMP. The report found that less than a third of insurers surveyed identified as "early adopters" ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... I would sometimes join one of the launch cruises that would ply the fjords waters Milford Sound is famous for. These were easy - if dull - trips but on one fateful day the single-hull 30 metre launch nearly capsized when most of the passengers on board ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... promote a strategy paper to hijack her mandate as an elected leader. "Don't get me wrong. I knew this was never going to be easy. After all many are the same group of people who actively supported my predecessor in the election," Jordan said. "To be ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... accessibility to advisers. "The big thing we need to be conscious of is adviser channels and that the process is simple and easy for financial planners," he said. "You're going to see more growth in SMSFs as people become more and more accustomed to ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... manufacturing companies to fish and chip stores before happening upon a book catalogue delivery service in Perth. "It was pretty easy work," he says, "but one Friday they said we were going to do something different for some extra cash." Suspicious but ...

Ranger brings global equity strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... "With interest rates so low, we see a lot of investors taking too much risk in an effort to meet their income targets. It's easy to forget that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I started this strategy 12 years ago to generate ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... web-based comparison system used by adviser groups, super funds and their call centres and other stakeholders looking for easy access to product information to use in Statements of Advice and market comparisons. As use of SelectingSuper CompareOnline ...

H&R Block launches SMSF set-up service

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... to SMSF's is drawn from the same philosophy that guides our tax business. We want to make setting up and running an SMSF easy and cost-effective. We'll deliver a high quality product at a reasonable cost. Most importantly of all, we're going to be in ...