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Bookmakers fund adopts liquidity strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... are currently held in the balanced investment strategies. Investors in this strategy will not be permitted to redeem or switch investments, pension payments restricted, and the underlying assets will be "realised progressively". Payments will only be ...

End to unfair mortgage exit fees

ASIC AND CHOICE RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... contracts changed on or after the same date. Consumer group CHOICE welcomes the reforms as they will allow borrowers to switch to a lender without the cost of exorbitant exit fees. "The problem on exit fees on fixed rate loans was highlighted by the ...

Former DST Global sales head jumps to SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... manager in North Asia. Peter Hill, the Sydney-based managing director of SimCorp Asia said Cheung is joing them fund managers switch back to growth strategies as opposed to their 'cost reduction' strategies during the GFC. "There is growing recognition ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... will grow significantly to between KRW 30 and 40 trillion by the end of this year as large numbers of corporate sponsors switch from the legacy severance pay system, a move driven by imminent changes in tax treatment. "Many service providers are now ...

Portfolio manager movement accelerates

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
The number of fund managers switching investment houses doubled in the last six months, S&P reported. Standard & Poor's found 15 senior portfolio management professionals, representing 320 years of collective experience, left their firms in the first ...

Planners gain insto help with fee for service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
A large financial services group is giving financial planners that are moving to a fee for service remuneration model a helping hand. MLC is providing workshops to all financial planners following significant demand from advice firms outside the MLC ...

Planners welcome comms ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Half of Australia's financial planners view the government's ban on commissions as beneficial to the industry, according to an Investment Trends survey. According to the survey of 472 planners, 50 per cent believe the Government's intention to remove ...

Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The type of financial planners that will 'inherit the earth' are those with the best wealth transfer strategies to recommend to clients, research shows. Latest data from the Lifeplan Financial Advice Satisfaction Index show that 61.6 per cent of 400 ...

AustralianSuper and AMP fight for super's most wanted

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... didn't make it to the top five super fund of choice, the survey found three key factors that would prompt fund members to switch: better investment returns (65.1 per cent), better fees (54.2 per cent) and better member service (31.6 per cent). AustralianSuper ...

Wilson HTM targets SMSF sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
Wilson HTM Investment Group's financial advisory arm is targeting the self managed super fund (SMSF) sector to attract more business and assessing opportunities to develop their own financial products. Chris Saunders, who joined Wilson HTM more than ...