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Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... platform offering. Our ETFs offer investors a point of difference and are gaining strong traction among financial advisers and SMSFs," said Van Eck Global director of institutions and intermediaries Matthew McKinnon. "For example MVW, which currently ...

ETF investor numbers growing rapidly

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... investors to hit 184,000 by the end of the year." Of the estimated 146,000 ETF investors, 63,000 investors held ETFs through SMSFs (43%). The report suggested key reasons for self-directed investors to use ETFs include diversification and access to overseas ...

Perpetual partners The Fold to help accountants

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... licensing solution ahead of the impending removal of the Accountants' Exemption for advice on Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs). Under the partnership program, Perpetual has formed a strategic partnership with boutique law firm The Fold Legal, which has ...

Vantage launches SMSF-ready private equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... the best private equity practitioners in the country," Tobin said. VPEG2 has already received strong support from local SMSFs, family offices and small institutional investors, as well as clients of Perpetual Private Wealth and other financial planning ...

Moneytech launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Moneytech Finance launched a $25 million unrated bond issue available to private investors, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and financial planners. The seven year, subordinated floating rate notes have a minimum initial investment of $50,000 at issue ...

Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Convincing self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to invest in infrastructure is not worth the effort and the industry should be focusing on getting good projects out in the market, according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia chief executive Brendan ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... increase the presence of offshore investors in Australia, and vice versa. Doherty said that for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) diversification is essential: "A lot of those portfolios are too heavy weighted in cash and Aussie equities and that's worked ...

SMSF growth driven by investor satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The relative level of satisfaction with self-managed super fund (SMSF) performance is a likely driver for SMSFs' continued growth and significant market share, according to Roy Morgan Research. Roy Morgan's findings are based on a survey of 15,084 superannuation ...

AMP practice to pay $10,200 penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... compared to major retail and industry superannuation funds, by giving the impression that certain tax benefits only apply to SMSFs, when they actually apply to most superannuation funds. AFPS has also removed the statements from its website following ...

ASIC bans Charterhill director from financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... announcement follows ASIC's ongoing investigation into the Charterhill Group, which focused on property investment through SMSFs and went into insolvency in January 2014 with over $10 million owed to creditors. Businesses in the group included Financial ...