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Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... argues such a relationship would be mutually beneficial. "SPAA believes that opening up direct infrastructure investments to SMSFs would provide a new avenue for SMSF investment that could assist SMSFs in managing longevity while also funding Australia's ...

Manny Pohl issues prospectus for new retail LIC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... specifically targeting self-managed super funds with his new Barrack Street Investments LIC. "It's widely acknowledged that SMSFs bias is heavily weighted to ASX top 50 companies and cash," he said. "Barrack Street will provide investors with a convenient ...

MDA provider makes debut on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... chairman Don Sharp said that around 70% of the company's assets under administrations are held by self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Sharp said that investors see the company "as a unique way to gain exposure to the mandated growth of Australia's superannuation ...

FUM closes in on $2trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... past four quarters after again struggling in the face of a restructuring retail investment market increasingly dominated by SMSFs, direct share placements, negatively geared property opportunities and bank deposits. Indeed, contrasted against capital ...

SMSF members getting younger

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... 34 and 54 as Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data shows members are getting younger. According to the latest Trends in SMSFS report from CoreData, the age distribution of members has changed drastically in the last nine months with 62.1% aged between ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

No difference between retail and insto: RARE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... some managers are now offering retail access to unlisted infrastructure, aimed in particular at self-managed super funds (SMSFs), so far the SMSF market has been reluctant to get on board.

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Lucas. Lucas, who manages AMP Capital's Core Infrastructure Fund (CIF) aimed at retail investors, said the fact that most SMSFs are either unadvised or with independent financial advisers makes it difficult to communicate ideas to them, let alone products. ...

MAX Preview: Beyond value of advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... focus on adviser needs as business owners. There was a lot of talk around the effectiveness of thematic campaigns (around SMSFs, retirement and insurance) but even more appealing to the planning panellists are campaigns around how they navigate through ...

Investors find opportunity in SMSF conservative approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... payments over the next two years could be bought now by risk tolerant investors, and sold later to the more conservative SMSFs. Credit Suisse suggested companies such as BlueScope Steel, Caltex, Fairfax, Flight Centre, Myer or Perpetual, all of which ...