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AB appoints institutional MD

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... US$486 billion in assets, including US$244 billion on behalf of institutions, as of March 31, 2015. AB is an active, research-driven investment manager offering a range of strategies across equities, fixed income, alternative assets and risk manageme ...

Fee-only risk advice doable, research shows

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Removing insurance commissions altogether is not just possible, 11% of advisers are already doing it, research by Elixir Consulting found. The third edition of the 'Adviser pricing models research report' found that 11% of 275 advice practices have ...

SMA usage climbs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
One in five (20%) financial advisers are now using separately managed accounts for investors, according to research by JBWere and Investment Trends. This is the highest level of usage recorded, indicating both the growing client preference for the transparency ...

Cloud-based research platform launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
A cloud-based platform aiming to provide a single space for buy-side firms to manage their research while delivering them content from research providers was launched recently. In a format similar to popular online music platforms, Seed Alpha is reported ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... big banks and miners are down, a day after the local market reached a two-week high. Australian Stock Report head of research Chris Conway said the overnight US equities decline had encouraged local investors to take profits. "That would 100 per cent ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... insurance advice (or ASIC REP 413) issued in October 2014. For industry stakeholders, the most crucial finding in ASIC's research was that "37% of consumers received advice that failed to meet the relevant legal standard that applied when the advice ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Total assets held in the retirement income sector are projected to reach $1 trillion by 2024, according to research by DEXX&R. In line with the Intergenerational Report's estimate that the proportion of Australians aged 65 and over will double in the ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... financial and legal burden on employers who are conscious of doing the right thing by their workforce according to the research." ISA's research, based on a December 2014 UMR survey of 550 small and medium size employers, suggests that allowing retail ...

Lonsec launches modelling tool

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Lonsec Research has launched a new tool to help advisers model goals and outcomes for individual clients. The 'Goals-Based Analysis (GBA) tool', is backed by actuarial research and allows financial advisers to analyse different investment strategies ...

Small cap fund opens to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... director Stuart Cartledge said. "We will identify investments through the same rigorous and disciplined application of research and fundamental analysis that has helped us to consistently outperform the market with the Cromwell Phoenix Property Securities ...