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Issues beyond the FOFA horizon

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... management value chain, the industry 'barbell shape' with boutiques at one end, institutions at the other and finally the DIY shift towards self-managed superannuation and directly held discretionary investments On a positive note, panel members agreed ...

Affinity launches wholesale property fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... Australian residential property market, valued at over $3.4 trillion. Affinity also expects to launch a retail fund aimed at DIY super funds in the next 12 months. Distinct from direct investment or REITs, the Affinity Property Fund enables access to ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... super funds setting up their investment teams in-house. Nipping at the edges are the financial planners publishing their own DIY financial planning books and the growing number of super funds contracting IT groups such as provisio and innergi to custom-design ...

Henderson Maxwell launches DIY planning guide

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Sam Henderson, chief executive and senior financial planner with Henderson Maxwell, has launched a DIY financial planning book designed to reach those who don't have a financial planner and bring more credit to the industry which he said has received ...

SMSF education gains traction

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... supporting the educational nature of the service. "The site will be targeted to the accounting sector and also directly to DIY Trustees in the next phase of expansion," said Knox.

Cooper Review calls for SMSF structure overhaul

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... banned. The Issues Paper on the structure of super funds, including SMSFs, highlighted a litany of what could be improved in DIY funds. For example, the paper looked at how illegal early release schemes are dealt with and whether there's a better way ...

Planners should already be fiduciaries

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... author of eight superannuation consumer books including Superannuation for Dummies, Planning Your Retirement for Dummies and DIY Super for Dummies, said, "consumers are entering a financial adviser's office expecting to get advice which covers strategies ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... funds," he said. But starting this year, Perpetual will start a branding strategy that highlights other services including in DIY super, administration, fiduciary, philanthropy and strategic advice.

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... international equities fund, invests in stocks that taps into this trend such as gaming stocks Nintendo and Activision Blizzard, DIY stocks Home Depot and Kingfisher; and Pay TV operator BSkyB. K2 also invests in security companies Brinks Home Security ...

A centre for managed futures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... a managed futures fund's trading system will invest in opportunities either way. Super Alpha Fund 1 is available on three DIY investment brokers: InvestSmart, Funds Focus and 20/20 - and has a "recommended" rating from Aegis Equities Research. Sulieman ...