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Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... unhedged. "There will be advisers looking at internationals more due to the high Australian dollar but if you are getting research that the dollar should be 92 cents then it's a good strategy to say to your clients to look at unhedged funds," said Marc ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... products with no commissions. Listed investment company Global Mining Investments (GMI) earned a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec after catering its LICs approach for commission-free planners. "Fee-for-service financial planners are increasingly ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... think the majority of people who seek insurance and consolidation advice are older Australians, then think again - new research shows fund members aged 25 and below are the primary seekers of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive of superannuation ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... next year, said Scott Phillips, BlackRock's head of retail. In response to the recent departures of two members of the research team, Phillips said that BlackRock is recruiting in these key areas but that Phillips and Chris Sakiris, the group's platform ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Just one day after results showed super funds have delivered paltry 4 per cent average returns, new research has confirmed that for members their number one priority is investment performance. The research was conducted by Mercer who interviewed 500 ...

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Poor share market returns are continuing to inflict damage on super funds with median returns for the 12 months to end September coming in at only 3.7 per cent. The results are contained in the latest SelectingSuper crediting rates survey conducted ...

Plan for Life offloads LifeRisk Online

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... announced plans to relaunch the adviser subscription service. Plan For Life said it would focus its attention on its core research business. Stephen Dingjan, managing director of the Life Risk Group, said that the company will look at a range of services ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Gearing used by self-managed super funds has doubled over the past two years, largely to fund purchases of property, a new study has found. And the debt binge looks set to continue with another 40 per cent of SMSFs ready to embrace gearing over the ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... equity ownership in a boutique appears to be irresistible to a number of investment professionals," said S&P head of fund research, Leanne Milton. In the third quarter of 2010, 10 key staff departed from rated fund managers, affecting A$22.4 billion ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Investors make some of their investment decisions based on whether they support the political party in power or not, academic research shows. The School of Business finance department from University of Miami released data this month claiming that investors ...