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Government confirms ban on commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... ban financial services licensees from accepting volume-based shelf space fees and asset based fees to retail clients on geared funds. An asset-based fee is a fee dependent on the amount of funds used to acquire financial products by or on behalf of the ...

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... process of managing the funds. Acadian's Global Equity fund will retain its four-star rating as will Australian Equity and Geared Global Equity. Acadian's Australian Equities Long/Short fund remains at three stars while Global Equities Long/Short is ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... 470 financial planners and 470 accountants by researcher Investment Trends, just seven per cent of SMSFs currently use geared investments, but the percentage is likely to hit double digits in the next few years. The study found that 40 per cent of currently ...

ING to guarantee money for life

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... longevity risk. "Australia's superannuation system may be one of the most sophisticated in the world, but it is really geared towards accumulation," he said. By contrast, MoneyForLife identifies the growing product gap in the market - products for people ...

Property still in favour

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... consumers who visited the Archicentre website, 40 per cent chose investing in their own home and 31 per cent in negatively geared property. Only 29 per cent chose to invest in shares. The institute's survey was based on the question of how investors ...

Snowball buys FP and super businesses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... is expected to boost the group's FUA by roughly $100 million. Scarcella said Snowball remained a highly liquid and low-geared business despite a flurry of purchases in the past year. The group has a number of acquisition opportunities in the pipeline ...

Calliva suspends new loans to SMSFs

THE SHEET  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... the door for borrowing by super funds, which had up to that point been limited to gearing through instalment warrants and geared funds. Scully said the market was starting to gather momentum. Calliva has signed up 230 introducers - loan brokers, accountants ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... alternative markets with gearing and capital protection. The bank is offering a product called Opals -capital protected, geared equity options, and another called Capital Series - capital protected, geared derivative exposure to a variety of markets ...

Less clients, larger loan sizes

... brokers for their clients and while the numbers are down, loan sizes are up. The findings came from the latest Colonial Geared Investments/Investment Trends Margin Lending: Broker Report, which surveyed more than 360 brokers in December 2007. The headline ...

Anderson to head CFS corporate super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... Anderson will replace John Clothier who has moved on to take up the position of head of investment lending within the Colonial Geared Investments division. He was previously the head of business development, dealer groups at AMP Corporate Superannuation ...