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Industry funds publish pocket super guide

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Industry Super Network has released a concise new handbook answering common superannuation queries. The 50 crucial answers you need publication aims to provide simple answers to superannuation issues in plain English, without jargon and in an accessible ...

Advisers have 30 days to issue SoA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the period in which an adviser can provide a Statement of Adive (SoA) from five to 30 days to cope with the frenzy of activity around the new super rules. ASIC said it had responded ...

Enhanced index tips over $10bn

State Street Global Advisors' Global Index Plus strategy has attracted more than $10 billion in funds under management, clocking more than a billion each year since launch, as more super funds shift their money from 'vanilla' index portfolios to those ...

RECP goes north

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) will expand its services by opening a Brisbane office and appointing a specialist direct property fund manager. RECP managing director, Andrew Saunders, said the expansion was a response to strong continuing demand ...

Advice shortage shows system is failing: TOWER

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The consumer rush to see an adviser before the Simpler Super deadline highlights how the system is failing, said TOWER Australia chief executive Jim Minto. This pent up pressure shows how compliance overload has resulted in consumers being denied access ...

CFD traders to reach 50,000

The number of Contracts for Difference (CFD) traders in Australia have doubled to 31,000 over the year with another 27,000 intending to trade them over the next 12 months, according to a new study. Leading finance research firm Investment Trends has ...

Industry funds to boost planner numbers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
Industry funds are looking to offer members access to a greater numbers of financial planners to try and counter the near 15,000 retail-oriented planners now advising in Australia. Currently, industry funds offer commission-free financial planing to ...

Going green means getting ahead: RepuTex

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
Going green has its advantages, and they don't just come in the form of a lighter conscience, according to RepuTex's latest index figures. The numbers show that in the year to date and over a five year period, RepuTex's RTX Environmental Growth Index ...

PDS more popular online: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
More than 50 per cent of Vanguard's retail investors are now choosing to download their PDS rather than request a print version, according to head of marketing, Colin Bold. "In some months more recently, we've had actually up to 60 per cent," he said. ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Public companies could emulate the perceived success of private equity if their boards were allowed to be more independent and they were empowered to manage companies more actively, including using more leverage. "Industry wide outcomes are mixed, but ...