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Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to fall after a weak session on Wall Street due to disappointment with earnings reports from the likes of Apple and Microsoft. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down two points ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... advisers are expending resources to delivering services that are not as valued by clients and missing an opportunity to focus on what matters most." The need for client segmentation has become a popular topic in financial advice. As reported in Financial ...

Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Superannuation funds may have the opportunity to buy in to a $1.6 billion road project in Perth after the Western Australian transport minister announced plans to sell the income stream from tolls on heavy vehicles. Transport minister Dean Nalder told ...

Advisers to remain at centre of CBA: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... said. Reflecting on what the future of the industry might look like, Narev committed the Commonwealth Bank to continuing to focus on advice. "The forces of technology are rapidly changing our business model. Even as all the forces of digitisation are ...

Retiring 'comfortably may require 3 income building blocks: Legg Mason

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Advisers may have to recalibrate 'safe' retirement income portfolios in a world of low interest rates - and that may mean blending equity, real and fixed income. That's because when you consider the five-year rate on a typical annuity or term deposit ...

New SMAs at MLC increasing exponentially

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Three separately managed accounts (SMAs) added to the MLC Wrap and Navigator platforms have had a combined intake of more than $7 million since their launch in May. The launch of the Antares Listed Property, JBWere Listed Fixed Income and Redpoint Industrials ...

Class partners actuarial certificate provider

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Class, the company behind cloud-based SMSF tool Class Super, has partnered with actuarial certification firm Lime Actuarial. Actuarial certificates are generally required for SMSFs that pay a pension income stream and have an accumulation interest. ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Foreign investors can access China through an increasing number of channels. A-shares, H-shares and government bonds are the talk of the town in the world's buzziest financial districts. But there are still risks when investing in such a complex and ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Let's talk about managed accounts

... year which found the main reason advisers do not offer managed accounts is due to "lack of client interest". Yet an adviser focus group, pulled from the same sample of respondents for the research, rejected this headline result. They suggested the true ...

AZ NGA acquires $180m CBA advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired a 51% stake in Lifestyle Financial Planning Services (LFPS), which was licensed through Commonwealth Bank (CBA) dealer group Financial Wisdom. LFPS was established in 2004, services over 2,000 clients and has ...