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OnePath upgrades insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
ANZ owned OnePath has upgraded its OneCare life insurance offering, based on customer and adviser feedback since the launch of the product seven years ago. OnePath is introducing a new SuperLink arrangement to its OneCare product which means that clients ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Australian stocks were higher at noon, led by gains among resources-linked companies and in defiance of a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1210 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.1 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,282.2 points, while ...

Changing CIO and COO roles need recognition

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
The changing role of super fund CIOs and COOs will be put in the spotlight at new industry awards to be held later this month in Melbourne. Chief investment and operating officers in fiduciary investor funds are facing increased responsibility as funds ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Hang on to your hats folks, cause here we go again. Back to extrapolating current gloom into doom and forgetting that these were exactly the ones that provided good entry points in the markets. The scaredy cats are running for the hills again. Want ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Revised growth targets are part of the latest Chinese five-year plan focusing on social harmony, but active management is essential to reap the solid gains, according to Fidelity. Chinese equities may still be considered a relatively risky asset class ...

Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Likely cuts in concessions to business and a rushed return to surplus risks damaging softer sectors of the economy, according to Yasser El-Ansary, general manager, policy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants. "We have a strong economy, but a strong ...

SMSFs face fire-sales of illiquid assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
In the rush to purchase property assets, SMSF trustees may not be considering how these 'lumpy' holdings will be sold after their death, according to an SMSF advice and training provider. The consequences of this oversight could be the fire-sale of ...

Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Australian investors are unlikely to benefit from the expanding stable of actively managed ETFs in the US, potentially compounding opinion that the tool's use holds limited appeal for local instos. State Street's recent launch of three new products ...

Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Downward trends in risk for 1Q12 have mirrored stronger markets amid easing global economic conditions, according to Axioma's latest Quarterly Risk Review. Scott Hamilton, Axioma director, applied research, said declining risk accompanied gains in many ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...