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Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... are trading on historically low valuations," he said. "Sooner or later there will be big shifts of capital out of fixed interest and cash and into equities. Though this will at some point lead to bubbles, the trade will be very beneficial to emerging ...

Lonsec awards 'Recommended' rating to Bennelong Kardinia fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec. The fund is managed by Bennelong Funds Management's boutique, Kardinia Capital, and headed-up by Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder. Lonsec ...

Super fund awards natural resources mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... help get them over the line. After a recent trip to Asia, he said big-money investors there were also showing a lot of interest in the specialist skills of dedicated natural resource managers. "We have put a lot of time and money towards becoming institutional ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... significantly higher than what was expected, that could suggest inflationary pressures and affect the likelihood of an interest rate cut," Mr Daghlian told AAP. "We have had about a four per cent rise in wages in the last 12 months." Among the major ...

Some retail fund members pay double for insurance: AIST

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... funds to use a related-party insurer could be in conflict with the fiduciary duty of fund trustees to act in the best interest of their members, said Fiona Reynolds, AIST CEO. "Clearly, it's not in members' best interests if a retail super fund is prevented ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... from State Street published yesterday showed that less than half of Australian's believed advisers acted in the best interest of their clients. While these statistics are worrying, De Gori says that instances of financial advisers being pulled up for ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... by Multiport hold 36% of their FUM in Australian equities, 8% in international equities, 18% in property, 11% in fixed interest, 26% in cash and 1% in other types of investments. But despite a recent up-tick in the share market, SMSF trustees' allocation ...

Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012

Most consumers distrust advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Less than half of Australians believe their advisers are acting in their best interest when offering products and services, according to a global investor study by the State Street Centre for Applied Research. The entitled The Influential Investor ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... members. People who are engaged with their superannuation can see a financial adviser, and even those with a moderate interest can change their allocations. But the people who are completely disengaged stand to benefit a lot from the automatic changes ...