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OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... - including establishment, portfolio administration, accounting and compliance, audit, actuarial, financial planning, research, analytics, modelling and trade execution - has been phenomenal. In practice, the SMSF trustee - or their financial planner ...

Accountants threatened by regulation, falling profits, succession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... rates, succession planning gaps and their capacity to provide advice services, according to the Bstar 2015 Accountants Research Report. Succession planning is the most immediate issue, with 69% of the accountants surveyed in the report indicating they ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... a growing institutional customer-base, according to Lonsec's recently published Alternatives Sector Review. Lonsec's research covered 33 investment products, including hedge funds and private equity, and concluded that performance in many cases was adversely ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... 'income layering' has also become more evident among retirement-focused advisers, wealth managers, asset consultants, research houses and super funds." Normalised net profit after tax was reduced by 5.3% to $155 million. Challenger explained that the ...

Findex appoints head of investment research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Financial services and accounting group Findex has appointed a head of investment research with experience across Australia, North America and Europe. Dr Stefano Cavaglia joins Findex from Philo Capital, where he worked as a portfolio manager. Prior ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... changes will attract more investment into high-growth companies and will support the commercialisation of great Australian research.A Our key objective is to see more investment into areas which support innovation and which provide new sources of growth ...

Nikko launches absolute return fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... years of experience in the securities industry across Australia and Asia and an extensive background in fixed income research and management. Open to institutional investors, the fund holds a broad range of asset classes including Asian equities and ...

FPA asks for tax deductible advice in budget submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... benefits the superannuation system provides and work toward a self-funded retirement," he said. Quoting Investment Trends research, he noted that 30% of consumers who are not interested in seeking financial advice cite high cost of advice as a deterrent. ...

SPAA rebrands as SMSF Association

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... acknowledgement of the SPAA brand, Slattery said that the decision to rebrand was not made lightly. "But recent stakeholder research has shown that our name, which is an acronym of an acronym, is often confusing for the wider SMSF community to understand. ...

AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... knowledge to help advisers better engage with clients on retirement. Advisers can use it to access three advice modules - research, solutions and the industry panel of asset managers. The six members of the panel provide views on issues related to retirement ...