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WealthBuilder targets generational clients

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... will be able to capture these younger clients by targeting wealth transfer events," said Mota. The new product follows research by IOOF that shows around two thirds of Australians do not use expert financial advice. Of the minority that do, only 14 per ...

Insurance stays afloat

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... fuelled by a small group of writing credit default swaps, not its insurance business - an exceptional occurrence, said the research firm. But there's little doubt that the face of the industry will change. More than 60 per cent of non life insurers and ...

Secure Computing beats hackers at own game

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... viruses and then assigns a trust score in a process named "reputation technology". In addition, the firm has dedicated research teams that act like hackers to determine how the bad software operates and is uploaded. That knowledge is then used to reinforce ...

Fund trades under super watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Research consultancy group Inalytics has come up with a way to monitor and evaluate how fund managers are reacting to the current market crisis, giving super funds a new tool to figure out who made the best and worst calls. Inalytics has launched what ...

Asgard refines licence service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... non-integrated which include third party solutions. Advisers can choose different solutions from nine services covering research, advice tools, marketing support, practice management, commission collection, professional indemnity cover and technical ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... worldwide government intervention - a record US$31 billion flew out of US equity mutual funds too. Thomas said that their research shows that dividend yields exceeding 4 per cent is a reasonable indicator that value is returning to sharemarkets, assuming ...

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The latest research paper from APRA confirms that fees are the major difference in net returns between retail and not-for-profit super funds, not asset allocation or differences in account balances. The paper, Investment Performance, Asset Allocation ...

WW names top fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... $990 billion, an increase of roughly $157 billion during 2007. Hugh Dougherty, Watson Wyatt Australia head of manager research said fund managers, which increased their ranking position, had diversified businesses. "Managers focussed purely on equities ...

Matrix Planning Solutions restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... executive director, marketing and development. The move comes as MPS moves to prioritise strategic advice, investment and research functions to advisers and clients. Di Cristoforo has been a part of the research committee for four and a half years. MPS ...

MLC locks premium rates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... aid advisers and their clients keep their eyes on long term goals. Meanwhile the new look PDS was developed following research that scoped the feedback of existing and potential clients. The changes encompass MLC's main individual insurance offerings ...