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SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... More than half (53%) said a mix of Aussie and global equities is diversified. About half (47%) said 20 individual equity stocks were enough to diversify a portfolio. "The research reveals a potential concentration risk in equities for SMSF trustees. ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian retail investors are more likely to trust human financial planners over robo-advisers - and by an overwhelming majority, according to the CFA Institute's 2018 survey of investor trust. More than 80% of the Aussie retail investors surveyed ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... it or frankly outperform it. What's the goal? If you're buying the S&P 500 ETF and you look at the holdings and see the stocks of the S&P 500, you should feel pretty good. But if you see a bunch of derivatives, that might not be the right product for ...

Flinders fund offers insto rates for retail investors on HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Companies Fund is currently investing in companies that re-invest in themselves. Current low interest landscape means blue chip stocks will struggle to deliver capital growth in coming years, the investment manager said. "Looking at the ASX top 20 - ...

Praemium expands global SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Equity ex Australia Portfolio is now available to investors via the platform. It enables investment in about 20 global stocks considered by Franklin Templeton to be growth companies with sustainable business models and proven management teams. The portfolio ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... said. In October, Spaceship GrowthX shuffled its investment mix to place 50% of the fund's assets under management in tech stocks. It is unclear how much of the GrowthX option is passively managed following the October rebalancing, as opposed to 79% ...

Active manager launches Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... in seed capital from Russell Investments. The Man Numeric Australia Core strategy will pick Australian mid to large cap stocks in a bottom-up, systematic stock selection. It will aim to beat the MSCI Australia index. "We have seen successful application ...

CFSGAM model portfolios added to FirstWrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... achieve performance similar to the S&P/ASX 20; the CFSGAM Concentrated Share Portfolio comprising high conviction growth stocks; and the CFSGAM Ex-20 Australian Share Portfolio, investing in the S&P/ASX 300. The SMAs provide advisers and clients with ...

Asset consultant announces senior hire

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... current chair of ASFA's Victorian Investments Discussion Group. Further emphasising Frontier's desire to boost its consulting stocks are the recent appointments of four associates at the firm; Claire Casucci, Ian Crane, Hui Yi Goh and Rachel Mohr.

Bell AM recruits senior global equities analyst

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... to the firm's existing capabilities. "Matt has a vast amount of experience and expertise across small, mid and large cap stocks and has worked in Canada, the US, UK and Australia. His research experience across differing market cycles and his extensive ...