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BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... users," said Craig Lawrenson, BT Wrap product and strategy national manager. Lawrenson quoted recent Investment Trends research noting advisers are seeking to make larger equities trades on their major platforms. "We want to make sure planners don't ...

US advisers keen on equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
US based research has found two in five local financial advisers are preparing for an equity market upswing and moving their client's portfolios into shares. Putnam Investments research of 600 financial advisers in the US found 53 per cent of respondents ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... market decline are those where private pensions play an important role in mandatory pension provision," said the IMF in a research discussion paper The State of Public Finances: Outlook and Medium-Term Policies After the 2008 Crisis. The tension point ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... officer, said the team structure would give clients solid fund performance while improving the process through on-going research. "Our second objective is to start new growth initiatives that expand our client base and revenue through the development ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Mercer has announced three new appointments to their Australian equities and real research departments. Clare Armstrong has been appointed to the role of senior Australian equities researcher, following 10 years at Goldman Sachs JB Were as head of managed ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... basis of the report. Klipin argues that the five cases - given there are around 17,000 planners in the country - made the research "pretty limited". "The AFA always welcomes good, robust research that sheds light on our profession and industry, and in ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
A new report just released by Roy Morgan Research (RMR) reveals attempts to introduce competition into the superannuation market are not working. According to the report, only 3 per cent of super fund members have switched funds in the last twelve months ...

S&P withdraws Lazard ratings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... relationship with them...we continue to hold S&P with high regard," he said. Most of Lazard's products are also rated by van Eyk Research and Morningstar.

Japan wins for local instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... astute Japan fund managers from making money, or at least preserving much of their capital, based on latest Rainmaker research. According to Rainmaker, Perennial Japanese Shares Composite (unhedged), BT WS Japanese Share fund, Platinum Japan fund and ...

Ready, set, activate: AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... national manager Charter Financial Planning, the program allows advisers to do a full analysis of all their clients, using research data sourced by Roy Morgan. This in turn, reveals to advisers clients' propensity to seek advice at their various stages ...