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The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... to work out embedded costs on foreign exchange transactions. Other areas highlighted by Moore are turnover costs and research costs built into bid offer spreads for actively managed portfolios.

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... unintended consequence of confusing investors, some of Australia's leading company directors said. Speaking at the launch of research commissioned by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Kevin McCann, chairman of Origin Energy ...

Griffith resigns from Count Financial

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... resignation of long-time employee Rachel Griffith from Count Financial this month, the group said it hopes to recruit a new research and product manager by December. Count Financial issued a brief ASX statement last Friday stating that Griffith has resigned ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than three quarters (72 per cent) of 63 respondents which included fund managers, super funds and asset consultants ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller interview with Reuters and from his statement concluded that: "The Fed meets eight times a year. Eight ...

MLC stars in NAB $4.2bn profit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... premiums over the year to June. Meanwhile, JBWere expanded MLC & NAB Wealth's capabilities into direct equities, broking and research for high net worth customers. More than 20 new specialist high net worth advisers have also joined JBWere in the past ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... say is the break-even cost of providing full advice, and a figure planners are calling "completely unrealistic". New research from Investment Trends' Planner Business Report show Australians are willing to fork out $300 on average for advice, and $300 ...

Advisers of tomorrow are 'choice architects'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Consumers are frightened of the future and if advisers speak to them as a navigator or designer, they will recognise the value of what advisers do. "They are asking you to be a 'choice architect'. Unless you speak to them like that, they won't know ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... all. QE2. Yes, print more of the green stuff. In an interview with Reuters, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller said that, "There's a lot of credibility to it that if we were going to (move) the Fed funds rate 25 basis ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... will introduce tiers of advice from minimalist through to more advanced." Tucker's perspective also reinforced Inwood's research that found the industry is moving more towards a multi-tiered advice model.