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Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

FUM, Super, platforms all end year on high note

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013

Start structured giving with just $20,000

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013

NAB enters SIV market with 21 compliant funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... accounts up to 12 months before they arrive. "Our package of SIV funds has been specifically sourced by our team of private wealth experts to meet the needs of migrant investors and their families. NAB Private Wealth executive general manager Angela ...

ANZ appoints a new head of Private Banking

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... banker to the newly created position of head of Private Banking in Australia. Norfolk's role will include managing private wealth and he will report to ANZ global wealth chief executive Joyce Phillips. Norfolk will be based in Sydney and will begin at ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... Australia has a comparative advantage. Nice seque to Adam Smith's thoughts on "comparative advantage", eh? In his book, 'The Wealth of Nations', Smith proposed that, "If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make ...

Advisers risk losing clients, fail to target new ones

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... that half of unadvised consumers are advice seekers and that they are likely to be female, baby boomers and from lower wealth segments. The main switching driver for 44.4% of Loose and At Risk clients would be finding a trustworthy adviser and one that ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A decline in overall hedge fund returns relative to the wider equity market in the wake of the global financial crisis reflects a change in the demands of sophisticated investors, and is not a sign that alternatives are becoming less attractive, according ...

Retail funds top super rankings survey

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... in joint seventh, by ANZ and AMP. Industry fund MTAA Super came in last place. Five of the nine criteria related to the wealth of the funds members. This puts retail funds in a favourable position, as they traditionally attract wealthier members. Rankings ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... didn't know enough about overseas markets while 17.2% said they didn't know what to invest in. CoreData head of Advice, Wealth and Super Salvador Saiz added that many investors are likely to say they gain their international equities exposure through ...