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Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
Many planners are looking for bespoke risk management solutions to help protect their client portfolios from market swings while, at the same time, remaining 'in the game'. George Lucas, founding managing director of boutique structured products specialist ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are twice as likely to use a financial adviser than retail or industry fund members, according to a survey that found more trustees are implementing the advice they receive. The RaboPlus SMSF annual survey, which ...

FPA names Value of Advice winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Peter Wilson from Strategic Wealth Management Solutions; Paul Little, Landmark Financial Management; Josef Stadler, PSK Financial Services and Chris Craggs from Argurion Financial Group have won the FPA's Value of Advice Awards. Wilson won the Financial ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

HOSTPLUS scoops top marketing exec

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The battle between HOSTPLUS and Sunsuper as the super fund of choice for tourism and hospitality workers takes a new twist after Sunsuper's marketing whiz, Wayne Sullivan, joins the rival fund. In a press statement today, HOSTPLUS said it appointed ...

ANZ says no to ING IM acquisition, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
ANZ, which bought ING Australia last month, said right now it is not looking to buy ING Investment Management and the local operations of the ING real estate business which the parent group announced earlier this week will be divested. "ANZ is not interested ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The California Public Employees' Retirement System is taking member education to cyberspace with the recently launched CalPERSResponds.com - a website that tackles pension issues such as investments, health and security. According to a press statement ...

New tax code to drive Indian reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
India's tax reform proposals will boost local savings, drive investment volumes and push up long term growth in the capital markets. The reforms could lead to strong savings growth for India's middle income households, according research from Mumbai-based ...

Fortitude to launch Aus equity income fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Fresh from winning an award based on its performance strategy, hedge fund manager Fortitude Capital is launching a new Australian Equity Income fund with a twist. This month Fortitude won 2009 Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for ...

Platforms bounce back 7.9 pc

Platform funds under advice jumped 7.9 per cent during the June quarter, recording their first lift in 18 months. The combined platform market at $331 billion is, however, still down 19 per cent from its $410 billion September 2007 peak, noted Rainmaker ...