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Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
"War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing." - Edwin Starr Nah Virginia, I'm not referring to the one that's feared to erupt soon after pro-Russian rebels in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk went ahead with the secession referendum ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds are synonymous withA growth. As their number surpasses the half a million mark, Laura Millan looks at the opportunities for individual investors and how SMSFs could contribute to the Australian economy. Of all the appealing ...

PROFILE: Actuaries Institute CEO David Bell

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
In April the Actuaries Institute launched an advertising campaign painting actuaries as the 'rock stars of the 21st Century'. FourA months into the role, new chief executiveA David Bell tells James Fernyhough what heA hopes the campaign will achieve. ...

New business targets investors' bad habits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
As the number of individual investors skyrockets with the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, a new business is about to be launched which aims to help investors overcome bad psychological habits. Behavioural Finance Australia (BFA) ...

Certitude appoints adviser relationship manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Certitude Global Investments has appointed former SuperIQ executive Tim Williams as an adviser relationship manager. In this role, Williams will be responsible for the development and maintenance of Certitude's relationships with its financial advisers ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has launched two funds targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors who want to access asset classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are ...

Managed accounts take-up jump 63%: survey

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Rainmaker's 2013 survey of adviser groups found that 26 adviser groups have reported being associated with a managed account, up 63% from the 16 who reported a similar association in 2008. While this may be considered a relatively small number, the ...

Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Writing about financial market action these days has become an exercise in zzz's - that is, you have to exercise to avoid getting the zzz's. Sure they gyrate from one day to the other - some even intra-day - but overall action remains boring overall. ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
New information about the sales-driven culture inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program ...

Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Custodians are fiercely competing to win the business of Australia's largest superannuation funds, with some trading in short-term commercial gain in exchange for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays' ...