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Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... When the topic of continuing to use disclosure instead of opt-in, Ripoll said relying on disclosure is not relevant in the modern advice industry. "Opt-out sounds great but the reality is people can't opt-out, they don't know how and in many cases they ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Foreign Minister Alexander Downer praised the country's management of retirement income as "one of the great successes of modern Australia". " It's been complex, its often been unpopular... thinking back to the mid 80s with the introduction of the assets ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
Australian transport infrastructure spending is tipped to more than double to $41 billion over the next decade, but that is still only an estimated 6% of the nation's infrastructure backlog. Property specialists CBRE have just released a report detailing ...

Invesco shuns global brands in Asian growth story

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... of developing nations becoming developed, we find that income levels typically settle at around US$30,000 per capita in modern day terms," said Yuen. "Most of the emerging Asian economies like China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines ...

Zurich launches adviser iPad app

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... will be available not long after the iPad. "This is a great opportunity for advisers to engage with their clients in a modern and flexible manner." "Not only can they conduct a needs analysis on the spot with the client present, they can also adjust ...

Media Super $30m alpha mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Super has awarded Aurora Funds Limited a $30 million mandate as the super fund pursues a more suitable strategy for the modern, volatile market. The mandate was invested in the Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Strategy, which Media Super selected for ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... Hill said the mistake they make is trying to patch up their old system when they should just throw it out in favour of a modern one, like his own firm's SimCorp Dimension platform. Dimension has about $400 billion in funds under management in Australia ...

Customisable, original, scalable, networked: the next advice paradigm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... ramifications of these price shocks will be vast, extreme and affect everyone in the industry. These developments will force modern advice firms and their representatives to evolve into businesses capable of delivering customizable services to their ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... what the data says." "In real life things are not normally distributed." This fat tail risk represents a limitation for modern portfolio theory and Robinson said it was a problem for model assumptions. Another problem for asset allocations is that correlations ...

Investors eye aged care infrastructure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... Commission gave way to mergers and acquisitions opportunities for domestic and foreign investment. Currently investment in modern nursing homes is stilted due to Australian Government's planning targets, with price and supply constraints as the Government ...