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The octopus on fees versus commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... South Africa. Rainmaker this morning used the app to complete groundbreaking research into the vexed issue of commissions versus fees in how advisers should be paid. The Ask Octopus app came down in favour of fees in only six of 10 attempts, unfortunately ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... Even ex-autos (car sales accounted for the sharp fall in June) came in lower than market expectations, down 0.1 per cent versus no change. Looked at this way, it is a negative report especially as consumers account for 70 per cent of the US economy. ...

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... requirements should be introduced and that legislation should define the minimum and maximum operational risk reserves, versus the current policy of not defining the reserves. Michelle Dolin, GESB chief executive said that this is a good policy for fund ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... initial claims for US unemployment insurance dropped by more than expected. Claims fell by 21,000 to 454,000 last week versus expectations that they would drop to 460,000. Has this one number change the underlying outlook for the US labour market? The ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... art and collectables provided a heightened risk of trustees blurring the lines between investing purely for retirement versus making emotional decisions about the sorts of assets they would like to own for other reasons."

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... instead be able to show clear distinctions between investment options. "Describing things in a disclosure sense as growth versus defensive is dead. But understanding the growth and defensive characteristics of a portfolio remains part of the whole portfolio ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... rose to 5.2 per cent in May - the third consecutive month of increase. Industrial production fell by 0.1 per cent in May versus expectations of a 0.4 per cent gain. Household spending dropped by 0.7 per cent, worse than forecasts for a gain of 0.5 per ...

How the wealthy invest their money

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... cent compared to Asia-Pacific HNWs investing an average 16 per cent. In real estate, the global average was 18 per cent versus their Asia-Pacific counterpart's allocation of 28 per cent. The report predicts that next year, many HNW investors will once ...

Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... will push us to add more product as required. We thought we would test the water as to the true level of interest in SMAs versus managed funds," he said.

China proves resilience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... than in developed markets. A majority 88 per cent now hold an overweight view on global emerging markets/high yield bonds versus 38 per cent in the first quarter of 2010.