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Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Financial advisers are still expecting SMSF revenues to increase as a percentage of their practice revenue, despite cost of advice falling and the specialist skills required. The Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund Planner Report showed ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
Despite the poor returns of a long/short equity strategy last year, stock picking is the area in which to make the best money in the current environment, according to a bold prediction from fund of hedge fund manager Fauchier Partners. Success however ...

S&P expands research team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has appointed Leanne Fook as a fund ratings generalist to the firm's fund research team. Previously, Fook worked as a research analyst at Australian Wealth Management (AWM) for three years, reviewing investments across ...

Seeking six figures online

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
A new recruitment website that links high income job seeking-hopefuls directly with employers is due to be launched next week, hoping to change the face of the high-end employment scene. Six Figures ( www.sixfigures.com.au ) is the brainchild of HR ...

Professionals must have an ethical code: CFA Institute

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA), now 90,000 strong across 55 countries, said the key to its success over the last six decades is its sharp focus on professional ethics rather than just technical education. Ethics supported by professional ...

Tyndall slams performance of corp boards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Tyndall's head of equities has sent a blunt message to the boards of listed companies - they are not doing enough to fully appreciate the value of their companies and are letting down shareholders in the process. Bob Van Munster, Tyndall's head of equities ...

ACCC should regulate fund advertising: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Regulation of super fund advertising should be taken away from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and handed to the competition regulator the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC), said the Investment and Financial ...

Aviva creates new unit to beef up distribution

Aviva has appointed three national distribution development managers (DDMs) in a newly- reated division. The new appointees are Adam McKenzie, Maria Mazur and John Ashton who will work within the distribution unit alongside the business development ...

Perpetual overhauls Select Investment international

Signalling a shift in their investment strategy, Perpetual Private Clients has moved towards a more boutique multi-manager line up for the international equities component of their 'Select Investment Funds'. The new panel will be introduced to Perpetual's ...

Australian private equity investment bounces back

Investments in private equity in Australia increased by 10 per cent and totalled $2.21 billion in the financial year to June 2004, according to data just released by Thomson Financial Australian Private Equity. The increase follows two years of decline ...