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Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... announced it has sold its self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration business, smartsuper. "When you look at the SMSF market, it is a big market that is very fragmented and it is difficult to build scale. For us, our main businesses are investment ...

SMSF trustees are looking for mentors

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... about their investment options. Slattery said there was great potential for advisers to move into the $432 billion SMSF market if only they could reposition themselves to financial mentors, and break the "product" mindset. A study undertaken by SPAA ...

Planning firm invests in property to widen appeal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... an increasing trend for financial planning firms to team up with real estate businesses to target the $430 billion SMSF market. In May, the Federal Government confirmed that the ban on commissions would not cover property investments. Simon Moore, director ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... the Financial Standard, real estate firms and financial planners are beginning to team up to target the $430 billion SMSF market. Yet there are serious warnings about the potential pitfalls for planners, said Graeme Colley, director and chair of the ...

BT Wrap lifts fog on model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... portfolios. Part of that was attributed to the growth in SMSFs so we did develop that with the aim of attracting more of the SMSF market," she said.

Investec eyes SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Investec Asset Management's local managing director, Mark Samuelson, has outlined plans to target the self managed super fund (SMSF) market and flagged launching more strategies if proposed tax changes occur. The firm's assets under management rose ...

AR Group appoints CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... activities and purchase software, AR said in a press statement. AR managing director Bruce Coombes said, "Australia's SMSF market is growing rapidly each year with 31 per cent ($332 billion assets) of all Australian superannuation assets invested through ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... post-retirement market and self managed super funds (SMSFs) at a time when the bulk of the baby boomers are retiring and the SMSF market continue to grow. According to Towers Watson, some three million Australian baby boomers are going to retire in the ...

BGL signs on to OneVue SMA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... is an SMA plus a personal investment portfolio, and will be targeted towards professionals currently servicing the SMSF market. OneVue Limited is a provider of separately managed accounts, investment administration and portfolio services and uses technology ...

...and targets SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
AMP is moving into the burgeoning self managed super fund (SMSF) market by launching the firm's Ascend SMSF product. Paul Sainsbury, director of product manufacturing at AMP, said the product allows trustees to have complete control over their fund ...