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SMSF the next frontier for robo advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Australia's self-managed super fund market will be the next frontier for robo advice but it is not a threat to financial planners according to a recent report from FinDigital and Ignition Wealth. The report, which reviewed 45 robo advice offerings ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
The Australian share market has opened higher as the bourse flirts with breaking the 6,000 point landmark for the first time in seven years. Australian stocks received positive leads from the US and European markets which gained on Friday night as low ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... second straight day, following another slate of impressive US data that helped the US dollar march towards the 120-yen mark for the first time in seven years. Tokyo climbed for a fourth straight session, adding 0.32 per cent, or 57.21 points, to end ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... not seen since October last year. In Paris the CAC 40 sank 3.63 per cent to 3,939.72 points, falling below the 4,000 mark for the first time since the summer of 2013. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, with bargain-hunters providing some lift after recent ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and high profile manufacturing dynasty, the Smorgon family, are among the initial investors in the Future Generation Investment Fund, which has officially commenced trading on the ASX. The new philanthropically-focused ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... funds within Challenger Life to $11.1 billion. "This year our sales are up 28% and they've been growing at around the 30% mark for a series of years," Benari said. "We apply a lot of capital against our annuities versus what a bank would put against ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... retreated slightly in the first session of trading since the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed above the 17,000 point mark for the first time. "We're caught in a conflict with consumer confidence falling away slightly in the most recent week but business ...

Dalton Nicol Reid wins $40m Intrust mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Intrust Super has awarded a $40m mandate to Australian equities fund manager, Dalton Nicol Reid. Intrust is a boutique $1.6 billion industry super fund based in Queensland for the hospitality sector with 130,000 members and 10,000 employers. The mandate ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Dividends paid by the world's listed companies burst through the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever in 2013, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, a new quarterly report analysing equity income from around the world. The report revealed ...