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SMSFs increase reliance on ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... returns. Almost 50 per cent of financial advisers are now using or evaluating ETFs within their investment portfolios, research suggests. There has also been an increase in the use of 5-10 year self funding installment warrants over ETFs, which enable ...

AIA rolls out service-focused insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... its adviser network. "Advisers have told us that they want life insurers to go beyond simply trying to maximise product research ratings and rather deliver differentiated benefits that provide genuine value to customers," said Damien Mu, chief distribution ...

HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... showed the lowest return of 0.2 per cent - but it was still in positive territory for the group. According to Rainmaker research, HESTA has funds under management of $16.18 billion as at September 30. The fund has about 700,000 members of which more ...

Macq customised portfolio mgt makes the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Customised Portfolio Management products, increasing the number of researcher-rated SMAs available to financial advisers. The research firm gave the MCPM Core Australian Equity SMA model fund four stars and the MCPM Income Australian Equity SMA model ...

Untapped potential in salary sacrifice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... responses received, 85 per cent said they would be willing to contribute extra. The consumer response stands in contrast to research last year by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia that found only 20 per cent of employees currently ...

FPA slams industry fund 'one track agenda'

ELISE BURGESS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... venomous the policy fight has become, Rantall's comments come just two days after the Industry Super Network (ISN) published research by Rice Warner, a Sydney-based actuarial consultancy that has long been associated with advice industry research, which ...

Performance fees more popular: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... a piece of history invoked by Alfred Winslow Jones, inventor of hedge funds, when he took 20 per cent of the profits. Research house Morningstar said the same thing is happening now as large-cap Australian share fund managers are increasingly preferring ...

PE-Backed IPO exits top $10bn in 2011 YTD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
Global private equity IPO exits hit $39 billion last year and is already $10 billion year to date 2011. Preqin, a research firm that specialises in the alternative investments sector, has just released a survey showing that there were 145 IPO exits ...

AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
AMP has launched new technology communication tools and peer-to-peer workshops to provide greater support for its advisers. AMP launched the initiative to promote intra-group communications and to facilitate regular meetings even across state boundaries. ...

AE large cap lagging index: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... difficult 2010 with most failing to beat even very modest index returns, Morningstar announced in its latest sector wrap. The research house found the average large-cap Australian share fund manager underperformed the market in 2010, with their 0.05 ...