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Lack of confidence impedes adviser referrals

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... planning firms to build their revenue and business, according to Macquarie Practice Consulting. Yet lack of confidence and smart strategic marketing gets in the way, said Liz McCarthy, head of Macquarie Practice Consulting. "Many financial planners lack ...

Zurich launches iPhone app for life insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... features Zurich LifeXpress, which incorporates solutions that make quotations faster. Zurich is not a stranger to developing smart phone applications, having launched a car insurance app in Japan a year ago and previous success in the sector is one of ...

Fiducian boosts SMSF services

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited helps advisers slash the time it takes to administer SMSF trust deeds following a deal struck with online deed administrator SuperCentral. Under the agreement, the SuperCentral trust deed update service will enable ...

Real return to balance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Some of today's balanced funds have departed from the real meaning of a balanced strategy cultivated many years ago, preventing investors from moving nimbly between the various asset classes, said a fund manager. Greg Cooper, Schroder Investment Management ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... he said. Sychron looks to be on the right track after initial findings show that 47 per cent of advisers surveyed use a smart phone and, of those users, a majority 68 per cent use an iPhone, the iPad's smartphone equivalent. More than three million iPads ...

Praemium SMARTwrap signs AFS

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Technology provider Praemium announced in a statement to the ASX today that its SMARTwrap platform has won its first approval from a national dealer group - Australian Financial Services group (AFS), barely a month after launching. Based on Praemium's ...

UBS head of credit research joins QIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... professionals in its team. It manages a range of fixed interest strategies ranging from benchmark-driven products to alpha and smart beta solutions for more than 50 Australian and international institutional clients. QIC has more than $51.6 billion in ...

China's $750bn pledge to clean tech aids sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... Deutsche Asset Management forum in Sydney this month, 'green' experts Tim Jordan and Nicolas Huber predict the future of smart investing lies in clean technologies as regulatory deadlines for companies to use renewable resources loom closer. Huber, head ...

Infra bonds get conditional industry support

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees said, "There's no doubt that investing in infrastructure projects has proved to be a smart move for many super funds and infrastructure bonds could play a role in assisting the funding of Australia's infrastructure ...

Fastest growing planners book above 30pc growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... annum growth rate over the same period, with a total of 90 advisers. Chief executive Nick Bedding said it is Shadforth's smart growth strategy that is working well for the company. "We are certainly continuing to grow, but not with a "growth at all costs" ...