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Contrib caps improve super social equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... years have significantly improved superannuation's social equity, claims a new research report from peak superannuation interest group ASFA. The report, the latest superannuation industry research paper aimed at protecting superannuation's privileged ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... the biggest barrier to margin lending among financial planners. Volatility levels attracted 49% of the vote with higher interest rates (46%) and risk of margin calls (42%) rounding out the top three. The stability of home equity loans scored 35% of the ...

Dimensional grows fixed income team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... for ten years and has experience in researching, building and implementing quantitative models and in managing fixed interest strategies. In his new role, Koch be part of an eight-strong portfolio management team and is the Sydney branch's second local ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
Specialist ETF provider BetaShares has been given an "A" rating for six of its ETFs by van Eyk. The exchange traded funds (ETF) were awarded on the basis of their investment process, the management team, business infrastructure and the firm's portfolio ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... Australia's (RBA) quarterly statement on monetary policy - due at 1130 AEDT - for potential clues about the future direction of interest rates. "It certainly gives an indication of what they are thinking and what their strategy might be," Mr Russell ...

Best interest to put focus on risk: Instreet

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The contentious best interest clause in the FOFA legislation will place more of an onus on advisers to prove they are experts on the products they recommend to clients. That's according to asset management firm Instreet Investment, which has developed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... as investors mulled over mixed earnings results, the ongoing Greek debt crisis and whether or not China would cut its interest rates. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 7.8 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 4,282.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Fixed asset allocation outdated: Schroders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... conditions - you had levering up and disinflation. One was generating asset price appreciation and the other was pushing interest rates down. That's an environment conducive to equities," he said. The big question mark posed by Schroders is the inevitable ...

Adviser obligations need to be institutionalised: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... better collectively at being really clear about what those obligations are." Showcasing an excerpt from the Your Best Interest branded TV, the AFA chief said momentum was needed to start the conversation with the 80% of Australians who don't access financial ...

La Trobe mortgage fund earns 4 stars

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... at a moderate level of 61% with no investors. In contrast to traditional mortgage trusts, SQM said investors with an interest in the Fund hold that interest as 'tenants in common'. Instead of a unitised structure, an investor's interest is simply recorded ...