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Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... managers to perform. This could also mean allowing the mandates to become more flexible, with managers possibly being allowed switch between Asset Classes if it means they achieve the return they need to, Henaghan said. Asset Consultants could also play ...

Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... members of the public have reported an unsolicited letterbox drop on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland recommending consumers switch their Superannuation to Swiss Private, offering a 20% per annum guaranteed return and a $500 rollover bonus. Swiss Private ...

New rules for HFT trading

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Retail investors will be protected from the downsides of high frequency trading by a new package of market integrity rules, said Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Announced yesterday, the new rules include the use of ...

Investors need mid-term protection: BT

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... how much of their portfolio they want to protect and for how long. Investors also have the ability to make withdrawals or switch off the protection at any point. Over half (53%) of Australian pre-retirees aged 50-64 are holding cash to protect themselves ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled following US President Barack Obama's re-election, with investors now seeing a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Satisfaction with the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) remains considerably higher than that of retail and industry funds, according to the latest Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction report shows. SMSFs can boast 64% satisfaction while industry funds ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Despite lackluster super fund returns, more fund members are satisfied with their industry fund's performance than are retail fund members but self managed super fund (SMSF) members continue to be the most satisfied. The results are reported in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... said there was a shift towards these big resources companies as the local market consolidated recent gains. "There is a switch from the conservative ends of the market, which is your banks and retail and Telstra and that sort of thing, into resources," ...

Members lack info on fees

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... funds, said senior analyst, Investment Trends, Uwe Helmes. Level of fees is also one of the main reasons members choose to switch from their main fund, with over 40% of retail super fund members who are planning to switch, citing high fees as a reason. ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
In the largest international index provider benchmark switch ever, Vanguard is moving six international stock index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman ...