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SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... too thinly invested in international shares, Burgess said critics overlook the fact that half the average SMSF members' wealth sits outside super. He added that many of the most popular Australian companies held by SMSFs generate huge proportions of ...

MLC fund is Roy Morgan retail super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... and putting our members at the centre of everything we do," MLC executive general manager of corporate and institutional wealth Paul Carter said. "We partner with our members to not only deliver outstanding superannuation returns, but also market leading ...

AMP boosts self-employed advice channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... from minus $26 million in 2013 to minus $8 million in 2014. Assets under management were up 10.9% to $1.1 billion. Genesys Wealth lost 17 advisers and had 202 advisers at the end of 2014, following AMP's announcement that it would wind up the license. ...

Standard Life appoints infrastructure debt director, analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... senior debt to core infrastructure projects in the UK and other selective jurisdictions. Both Alex and Marianne bring a wealth of experience and expertise in this diverse asset class and will be integral members of the credit team as a whole," Standard ...

AMP profit up 32% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... $672 million profit reported in 2013. Underlying profit was $1,045 million, up 23%, and cashflows were strong for both the wealth management and the funds management arms of the business. Cashflows for wealth management were $2.3 billion in 2014, up ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... the interest rates are going to remain low maybe for longer," said Alan Skrainka, chief investment officer at Cornerstone Wealth Management. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed mostly up, buoyed by hopes that Greece's creditors will throw it ...

MLC promotes retail platform GM from within

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
MLC has promoted Kathy Vincent to the role of general manager, retail wealth platforms. Vincent joined MLC in 2012 with more than 20 years of financial services experience. She has led the company's retail investment platforms strategy team since 2012 ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... net worth individuals has been supplanted over time by large institutional investors, such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds," he said. "Institutional investors typically have statutory or legal reporting requirements and so require greater ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... that "a trend to longer-term guaranteed 'income layering' has also become more evident among retirement-focused advisers, wealth managers, asset consultants, research houses and super funds." Normalised net profit after tax was reduced by 5.3% to $155 ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... service client investment process needs across a very broad number of client segments, including asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, pension consultants, broker dealers and now retail channels. Theodore Niggli, the company's ...