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AIA innovates around adviser feedback

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... Protection product, expanding the product range to include a superannuation income protection option that will allow advisers to offer clients insurance within super. The new Super IP offering will enable advisers to offer clients more flexibility in ...

Property syndicate launches for HNW and SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... investment portfolios tend to have a higher allocation to property investments either directly or through managed funds. "Advisers and investors are looking for alternative investments that have a return profile that is less correlated to equity markets ...

FOFA misses the mark on investment fraud

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... happened," said Townsend. "This is laudable but truly having legislation that would stop it happening again by malicious advisers is not yet a reality. "It is worth remembering that Storm clients had full documentation outlining all the risks associated ...

Dealer group launches mobile medical service

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... group Synchron has launched a mobile medical and pathology service, in partnership with Health Predictions, to assist advisers with the underwriting process. "Currently, if an adviser needs to arrange medical investigations for a client, they coordinate ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... industry fund. IBM Super has approximately 15,500 members and was already using implemented consultants JANA Investment Advisers and Russell Investments. With both accumulation and defined benefit accounts, IBM Super will fall under the AustralianSuper ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report surveyed 6,785 investors and 966 advisers on their experiences and usage of ETFs. "It's not surprising investors are finding multiple reasons to use ETFs, ranging from ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... supportive of," said Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management Australia and New Zealand. "Super funds, dealer groups and advisers have been looking to make sure there are the appropriate products in the marketplace. "Making products that are easy ...

Midwinter empowers adviser software

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... implemented changes announced in the 2012 May Federal Budget in its Reasonable Basis advice modelling software, allowing advisers to alter tax settings. "It is a difficult time for financial planners due to the large amount of uncertainty surrounding ...

ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... who are seeing other people's information and trading on it." Gatekeepers, Gibson said, include accountants, investment advisers, stock market registry providers and other intermediaries involved in bringing a corporation to market. While opportunities ...

Franklin Templeton reviews fees for retail competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... funds for retail investors in the Australian market," said the firm's director - advisory services, Jim McKay. "With advisers moving to a fee-for-service model and the ongoing focus across the industry on costs, the new fee structure supports our commitment ...