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Investors set to remain cautious: Franklin Templeton

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... in the current environment, which may see a greater number seeking to make changes to their investment allocations as interest rates and returns on more traditional investments such as term deposits come down. "While Australian investors are more risk ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... money in the 1990s because the whole transition was very problematic and rather lawless and thirdly, in the last decade interest rates were too high - because inflation was quite high. "Now inflation has come down to virtually an all time low - about ...

AIST warns MySuper deadline tight

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees MySuper third tranche submission has warned that the July1 2013 deadline for the disclosure of MySuper comparisons on a product dashboard is very tight, urging the Government to move quickly to provide ...

Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Australian private banks have fallen behind the UK in satisfaction levels, according to research from CoreData. A quarterly survey of 1,722 Australians with more than $1 million excluding residence and superannuation found that only 33.1% currently ...

Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Bank deposits are on the rise as challenging global economic conditions increase competition for more diversified and cheaper funding options. Ernst & Young analysed the 2012 half-year results of Australia's largest banks and found that deposits are ...

Crystal Wealth launches managed account solution

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... daily portfolio management, comprehensive administration and reporting services. "There is no doubt there's increased interest in the managed account space and this type of solution can be ideal for specialist practices that have higher net worth clients ...

Retail funds in ACTU's sights

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... across much of the retail sector, making it difficult or impossible for retail members to identify potential conflicts of interest between retail funds and the organisations they do business with." The call extends to requesting the Government legislate ...

ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Insider trading and market manipulation charges are on the rise, according to ASIC, which gets 200 trade surveillance alerts indicating unusual trading activity each day. Deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Belinda ...

Franklin Templeton reviews fees for retail competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments has introduced a new fee structure for Australian Equity Fund retail investors, to target competition as the manager builds its local retail business. Management costs have moved from a flat management fee structure to ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... where does it fit in my portfolio?" said Boys. "It can fit in a number of places - some put it into fixed income or fixed interest - depending on their classification. That's because in that bucket they may have a lot of liquid assets so they can afford ...