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Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) said that research houses' conflicts of interest when rating products are one of the reasons behind the failure of some funds. In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... equity markets are running." In this context, financial advice can become a key driver for diversification. CoreData research shows that advised investors have typically more diversified and better performing portfolios than unadvised SMSF trustees. ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... according to the third annual Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey of the sector. Through independent third party research firm, KRC Research, GSAM surveyed 233 senior insurance professionals between mid-February and early March 2014 The respondent ...

Family office model attractive to feuding families

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... desires of various family members can be made significantly more difficult when large amounts of wealth are involved, research from Deloitte shows. The report, 2014 Private Wealth Outlook Championing Growth, found that as family businesses' interest ...

BNP Paribas appoints custody product head

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... appointed Justin Burman as head of product - asset and fund services (AFS) in Australia. Burman is responsible for market research and analysis, service offer development and management, product line management and sales support. He brings over 20 years ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... sector. Its five full members - AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS, HESTA, Cbus and MTAA - contribute to the body's lobbying and research activities. The remaining 10 contribute to ISA's advertising campaigns, and have the 'Industry SuperFund' logo next to their ...

Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... issue for monster funds, one new domestic avenue could involve a "rebirth of the securitisation market". Referencing research by Monash University economist Rodney Maddock, Brogden said: "We will have so much money available that we look for very long-term ...

New entrants drive growth in global equities sector

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... seen the highest number of new entrants since before the onset of the global financial crisis, a report by investment research house Lonsec Research (Lonsec) has revealed. Lonsec's Global Equities Sector Review found that product choice in the global ...

Growth of institutional infrastructure demand revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... institutional investors have plunged $439 billion into direct infrastructure projects in the last four years, according to research from alternatives research house Preqin. Preqin's latest research estimates that institutions have invested directly in ...

netwealth to launch managed account service by Q3

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Trends report ranked netwealth as the second best platform by overall functionality, right after CFS' FirstWrap. The research covered 454 different functionalities across 13 platform providers