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Fiducian acquires three fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... of its overall business strategy, Fiducian have plans to acquire further financial planning firms. We are not into making huge acquisitions said Singh, but steady simple ones, such as mid level and small level which can easily be assimilated into our ...

Smarter lifecycle approach to staunch SMSF flow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... the wrong solution." Still needed in the debate on lifecycle products are how to make them more member specific without the huge cost involved of doing so at the individual level, according to Millar. "It's been hard because you're looking at cohorts ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... perverse outcome that the more you contribute the more support from tax subsidies you receive, it explained. Despite the huge cost of superannuation tax subsidies, the proportion of people receiving no age pension income support is only expected to climb ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... perverse outcome that the more you contribute the more support from tax subsidies you receive, it explained. Despite the huge cost of superannuation tax subsidies, the proportion of people receiving no age pension income support is only expected to climb ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... profit-taking reversed earlier gains in Hong Kong. Standard Chartered's Hong Kong-listed shares fell for a second day following huge losses in London on Tuesday, after the bank was accused by US regulators of hiding sanction-busting multi-billion-dollar ...

Retirement income the big challenge

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... now holds 31% of the assets, representing the baby boomer generation about to hit retirement. As a result there is now a huge challenge about where to invest in retirement, McFarlane said. "People in the accumulation phase don't typically have a sense ...

Direct investors prefer scaled advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... for flexibility and control and the impact of wide scale adoption of social media. "These self-directed investors present a huge opportunity for the financial services industry, both from a product and advice perspective," Turnbull said. Speaking to ...

Target Maturity Funds Take Top Spot

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... diverse exposure compared to traditional "lifestyling" options. The researcher said Italian target maturity funds have been a huge sales success, but unlike their French fonds a formule and Spanish garantizados cousins they do not come with a guarantee ...

UK consumers won't pay for advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... that provided - is likely to increase as advisers leave the industry or focus on wealthier customers. "These changes pose a huge challenge to banks, building societies, insurers and asset managers who will have to find new ways to distribute their products ...

Trust tax reform can be split

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... to do something like define what is trust income," Stylianou said. "A re-write of the Division 6 trust law generally is a huge job and we'd certainly support having that done properly even if it means delays, but for managed investment trusts in particular ...