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SFG to close competitive gap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Advice group SFG plans to address structural issues in competition with a major expansion as industry dynamics change on current economic and political conditions. Chairman Eric Dodd recently expressed a desire for the Group to treble in size to the ...

New advice agreements ensure advisers are FOFA ready

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... disclosures and a reduction in fees. RI advice said that the new agreements mean RI advisers are able to meet the FOFA best interest test. RI Advice now offers its advisers a choice of two business models and commercial agreements - the Standard or the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... steady at 41 cents. James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings has said it is not considering a sale of its 25 per cent interest in pay-TV provider Foxtel. ConsMedia shares were down five cents at $3.25. National turnover was 912.9 million securities ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... effective way to get access to stocks that otherwise they would have to use leverage to purchase outright, which in a high interest rate environment would impose huge trading costs on asset owners. These asset owners, such as superannuation funds, make ...

Wealthtrac re-signs Oasis

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Independent platform provider Wealthtrac has re-signed with ANZ OnePath's Oasis Asset Management in a six-year service level agreement. "The Wealthtrac model is different to many platforms, as the advisers who use it become beneficiaries of the Trust ...

Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... According to Higgins, the insurance bonds lost favour because the providers AMP, AXA, MLC didn't innovate with them and the interest rate environment was fairly low around that time as well. Today, the total funds invested through insurance bonds are ...

Macquarie Step now available on Macquarie Wrap

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... features no ongoing management fees and no loan or borrowing. With Macquarie Step, investors are not required to make interest payments and are able to use their own capital to invest. With the click of a button advisers will be able to allocate clients' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... Reserve Bank of Australia is scheduled to release its Statement on Monetary Policy following its cutting of the official interest rate by 50 basis points on Tuesday. In equities news, the first directions hearing is expected in the Federal Court case ...

Lonsec: Australian equity markets ready to rebound

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... down by 75 basis points or more and loan rates to reduce by around 60 basis points. Keenan said when you combine lower interest rates in the Australian economy with an improving global growth outlook, particularly in the US and Asia but also Germany ...

Wealth down as ANZ records bumper profit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... customers and staff. "We do recognise that adapting to this environment creates major challenges. Our recent decisions on interest rates for customers in Australia and on employment within the Group reflect the need to reshape our business," Smith said. ...