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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' ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a negative close on Wall Street as increased Ukraine tensions overshadowed strong US jobs figures. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,454. ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Was it good? Was it bad? Was it the weather? Was it not? We're talkin' about America's mother-of-all-eco-stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - released last week. Too bad we won't know for sure what the market's general consensus is coz geo-politics ...

David Murray gives first insight into FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray said that the committee will focus on ageing, technology and innovation as drivers of change and at how these affect regulation, competition and consumer outcomes. Murray said that the committee ...