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Planners must boost SMSF specialisation: SPAA

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
Financial planners must expand their skill set to offer advice on linking self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to other business structures SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) membership and business development director Richard ...

Business as usual at Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Eagleton said. "We are continuing to build on all the initiatives we were working on last year, such as increasing our specialisation," he said. As super fund mergers become more common, there will be fewer funds but more demand for specialist asset ...

ING DIRECT names head of third party distribution

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... already seen among many key aggregator partners and dealer groups. She noted that while there will always be room for specialisation, she has long been an advocate about the benefits of convergence. "We remain committed to maintaining our focus on the ...

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... services, including foreign-exchange benchmarking and fee reviews. "We are now running the business along four areas of specialisation: transition management, operational risk assessments, transactional services and custody and unit pricing," Solomon ...

Perpetual argues for insto outcome focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Asset class specialisation may have gone too far for the current volatile environment, according to one manager, who says current asset allocation structures are too focused on diversifying at stock level rather than required outcomes. The current method ...

Premium Wealth adds new practice to dealer network

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... firm, which was previously with the AXA network, said it will now be able to further develop its risk management specialisation after joining the Premium dealer network. "Premium offered a far more flexible model than other dealer groups, one that allows ...

BTIM adds $50m mandate to $6bn fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... forgotten elsewhere in the industry. "Balanced funds can be sometimes forgotten in an industry that is focused on specialisation. "That is why we are focused on the type of risks we are taking within the fund on a full basis, how much is credit risk ...

Fidessa expands Aust presence in time for Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... discusses the likely challenges sell-sides will encounter as brokers will have to either move towards scalability or specialisation. "Service providers on the sell-side will find themselves operating in a new ecosystem; every participant will need to ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... and credit risk, more flexibility to respond to changes in market conditions and increased diversification and specialisation across our managers," said Stuart Piper, debt portfolio manager at MLC Investment Management.

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... "Anecdotally we've found SMSF Specialist Advisors are getting a lot more business. The people that are committing to the specialisation are benefiting significantly - if you have specialist advice, people will seek it," said Slattery.