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Zenith recommends AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
AllianceBernstein's Global High Income Fund (GHI) has been rated 'Recommended' by independent investment research provider Zenith Investment Partners. The Fund, which is being offered in Australia for the first time, has a track record of more than ...

Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Millinium Capital Managers' MSF Dividend Income Option has received an "A" rating from van Eyk Research in its Australian Equities Income Review. The Fund has been a stand-out performer in the Australian equity space, returning 39.2% over the 12 months ...

GenYs shy away from independent, professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... family, friends and banks for financial advice, while accountants and financial advisers are out of favour, RaboDirect research has found. The 2013 RaboDirect National Savings & Debt Barometer (NSDB) found that 36% of GenYs relied on family and friends ...

Sinodinos announces SuperStream governance structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... SuperStream, which involves sending superannuation contributions using e-commerce," AIST executive manager, policy and research, David Haynes said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) also welcomed the announcement, calling the ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Morningstar CEO departs, replacement named

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Morningstar Australasia chief executive Anthony Serhan will leave his role to take up the position of managing director of research and strategy, Asia-Pacific for Morningstar's global research group. He will be replaced by Heather Brilliant and Mark ...

FPA "extremely wary" of general advice commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... significantly understated the risk of misselling." The FPA said that the initiative is "it is in direct contradiction to ASIC's research and international best practice in regulation." Exempting general advice from conflicted remuneration could lead ...

AMP launches integrated wealth app

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Overall, 44% said they decided how their super was invested while 34% left this decision to their super fund. The online research surveyed around 1200 people aged 18 to 64.

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... said. Despite this, Tanzer said that there were inherent risks for SMSFs with sub-$100,000 balances. "We want fact based, research based guidance. Want people to understand that if you are purely looking at cost then you are probably going to end up ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... of the firm's more than US$2 trillion assets under advisory around the globe. Craig Baker, global head of investment research at Towers Watson said: "It is no surprise to us that smart beta strategies are being implemented at this rate, given their inherent ...