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All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... expected returns." They sure have Mr. Stevens and the stock market is just front running the positive lagged effects of this easy monetary policy... and then we have this wealth effect from rallying prices to boot, that's' creating/will create a positive ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... 1,000 financial advisers, attributes Macquarie Life's high satisfaction rating to its product quality, BDM support, being easy to deal with and its underwriting support. BDM and underwriting support were identified by advisers as two of the areas which ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... limit inflation and slow economic growth there. That caused traders to bet that the bank may hold off on deploying further easy-money policies. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release its quarterly Statement ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... ignored this latest development - a reminder that while the tail risk is thinning, it's still there - for it would be so easy to discount this renewed uncertainty given the optimism that's currently prevailing all around. It shows that some "others" ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... Fed's current policy is "a very aggressive policy, and it is making me a little bit nervous that we're over-committing to easy policy." There, too, is Kansas City Fed's Esther George warning that "a prolonged period of zero interest rates may substantially ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... of the broader Stronger Super overhaul of Australia's retirement system, will see pension funds offer members a no-frills, easy to understand investment product. Several groups have this week told the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) that unless funds ...

FoFA readiness is all about client engagement: MLC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Restructuring back office systems for the Future of Financial Advice Reforms is easy compared with preparing advisers for the different discussions they will have with clients, says MLC's Richard Nunn. Having targeted transparency and improving client ...

Advisers' client numbers down

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... how they will decide. "Planners wanting to maximise this source of organic growth need to be perceived as knowledgeable, easy to deal with and acting in the clients' best interests," Johnston said. Interestingly, given that advisers typically lose money ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
While developing an internal investment team sounds like an easy way to save fees, it's a complex governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) ...

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

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Henaghan. "We have to step away from how we manage money, and if we don't members will exit the industry," he said. While it is easy to say it's too hard, Henaghan reminded delegates at the conference, held in Sydney, that other industries like Retail ...