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Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... management as their highest priority has more than doubled since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) commissioned by State Street Corporation. The survey of nearly 300 executives from ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... a transition towards non-mining sectors with additional rate cuts in the future. Perpetual head of investment market research Matthew Sherwood also said that Australian investors should expect further cuts in the future. "Notwithstanding the solid consumer ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... and also sector biases, explained d'Assier. Hamilton said Axioma also uses its information system to conduct ongoing research into the markets, for example they have found that investors are deliberately targeting low-risk strategies noting that such ...

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... a prominent family office, will become the first product Certitude brings to the market. It will be made available to research houses, platforms, dealer groups, financial advisers, family offices and multi-managers. "We continue to see an increase in ...

Apostle Dundas Global Equity wins van Eyk mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... maintaining a heavy focus on generating strong capital growth, whilst keeping costs down," she said. van Eyk head of manager research and deputy CIO Matthew Olsen said the van Eyk Blueprint International Shares fund had invested in the Apostle Dundas ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... http://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 ...

Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... that the cost of aged care is 85% of the full age pension. The aged care dilemma will only intensify and according to research by Rice Warner Actuaries for the Financial Services Council (FSC), Australians who live longer than current life expectancy ...

NFP directors not engaged in fundraising

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... someone with fundraising skills as part of the board to complement the traditional legal, financial and accounting skills. "Research shows that fundraisers who feel unsupported leave an organisation after around two years. It seems there are very different ...

Women don't trust financial advisers: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Women have little trust in financial advisers and have raised concerns about "product pushing," preliminary results of research about how women manage money have revealed In the first stage of the research, professor Roslyn Russell from RMIT University ...

AIST restructures policy department with key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... the Stronger Super reforms. Project director at AIST David Haynes has been appointed executive manager of Policy and research, while former member of AIST's policy committee Karen Volpato is now senior policy advisor. Haynes was project director at AIST ...