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Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
There are opportunities for investors willing to take a research-heavy approach to Asian small cap equities. "It is an area that is under researched, and nowadays when liquidity is low, there is even less broker coverage," said Douglas Loh, chief operating ...

GREITS for the best property on the planet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Assembling a properly diversified property portfolio involves global diversification not just local, and that is something only global REITs can deliver because Australian funds simply don't have enough scale to do it themselves. Andrew Kavouras, head ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
A group of Trio fraud victims is meeting with Bill Shorten, minister for superannuation and financial services, to demand that they be compensated for their losses just as members of regular super funds were compensated. John Telford, secretary of the ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Directly sold insurance will comprise 40% of the market within a decade and intermediaries need to be prepared to work with the growth channel rather than see it as a competitor. In 2010-11 it already accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia ...

Resi property portal targets planners, SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Residential property is an attractive asset class but choosing a property for a self-managed super fund (SMSF) is not as simple as choosing a property to live in or negatively gear yourself. SMSF investors need to factor in how their income and capital ...

More liquidity in alternative strategies: S&P

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Fund-of-hedge-fund strategies continue to modify their holdings in order to provide more liquidity and potentially more alternative returns, according to a S&P Fund Service's sector report. The review - which covered six managers offering 10 rated capabilities ...

DomaCom to offer advisers free software

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Internet-based property investment vehicle DomaCom is set to offer advisers free access to an online financial planning software tool. DomaCom Guided Planning System (GPS) is a software application that enables advisers to assess their clients' current ...

Zenith signs ex-S&P client

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Zenith Investment Partners will provide a model portfolio, and research for Brisbane-based FTS Personal Financial Advice, a former client of S&P Funds Services. "What we have found is that there is a shift back to model portfolios in the advice industry," ...

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth builds advice profile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
High net worth advisory firm Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has signed John McMurdo in the role of group managing director and added Chris Cuffe to its board of directors. McMurdo, who was formerly chief executive officer of Centric Wealth and managing ...

Gen Y's more financially independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
At a time when Baby Boomers are suffering a sharemarket hammering, fewer GenY children now expect financial assistance with the purchase of their first home than in previous years, according to RaboDirect. According to the latest RaboDirect National ...