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SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Ratings and research group van Eyk is looking at developing a ratings methodology that will allow advisers to compare the range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the market, a small step that goes a long way in legitimising the inclusion of SMAs ...

Rising above the average: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... group was in the black with consolidated profit after tax of just over $2 million. But it's the experience of Fiducian's advisers and their clients that proved a conservative investment strategy pays. The group's managing director Indy Singh recalls ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Its game on for financial advice in Australia now that Parliament has convened a fast-paced inquiry into the role advisers, commissions and regulatory gaps played in the recent spate of financial services collapses. The Inquiry's wide ranging Terms ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Australians who pay advisers by commission risk overpaying for services 13 times too much, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries. Financial advisers who received commissions could earn up to 13 times more than those who were remunerated ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... were the joint awardees of this year's 2008 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. Challenger, which last year acquired the annuities portfolio of AXA, was named the 2008 Annuity Provider ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Nine out of ten advisers are considering investing 15 per cent of their client portfolios into unlisted property investments this year, following last year's listed property trust (LPT) fallout. A survey of over 1,200 advisers conducted by Trilogy Funds ...

Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... saw tremendous applications growth throughout last year since its launch in November 2007. According to AXA, financial advisers had submitted 1,342 North applications by November last year. More than 100 financial planning dealer groups are writing North ...

Lonsec 'recommends' Instreet DPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... protection. George Lucas, Instreet managing director, said the firm is already seeing strong demand for the product. "Advisers will be able to leave most of the funds in current cash deposits guaranteed by the Federal Government and will only commit ...

Bell profit hit by bad markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... which was down more than four per cent on the previous year. The cost base did not take into account commissions paid to advisers. The group's executive chair Colin Bell and the group's managing director Alastair Provan, volunteered to forego any discretionary ...

Infrastructure fund beats downturn

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... annum after fees and implied superannuation tax. According to TPCG's company secretary, Independent Fund Administrators & Advisers, the fund was first set up to meet the investment needs of industry super funds looking to invest in infrastructure. Today ...