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Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... licensing requirements and disclosure - principles that FOFA improved on. "We no longer accept that disclosing conflicts of interest is an appropriate way to address the fact that advice can be distorted by incentives," he said. "We also believe we need ...

Property the key to longevity risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... combination of growth and yield. "Direct property provides a high yield compared to defensive assets such as cash and fixed interest and also provides growth which is a hedge against inflation," he said. Stacker said self-managed super funds were hesitant ...

Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... is also expected to drive a move towards synthetic structures. Equity ETFs account for 70 per cent of all ETFs, fixed interest 15 per cent, and commodities and other asset classes a further 15 per cent. The subtlety in synthetic ETFs is that cash generated ...

$55 million for Trio super fraud victims

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Astarra Personal Pension Plan, My Retirement Plan and the Employers Federation of NSW Superannuation Plan. "The public interest requires a grant of financial assistance be made," Minister Shorten said. A levy raised across all APRA-regulated funds at ...

Tyndall shifts gears on FI

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Financial planners should encourage clients to reconsider their view on Australian fixed interest, which represents a safe haven investment, said the head of fixed income at a $22 billion fund manager. Roger Bridges of Tyndall Investments Australia ...

Planners struggle to sell practices as values fall

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... valuations on planning businesses had fallen by a third from an average of 15 per month in 2010 to 10 per month in 2011. Interest had been recovering from the global financial crisis, but uncertainty over the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... stubbornly above the US$100 mark by the ongoing war in Libya. A major medium-term risk was the projected rise of real interest rates, he said. At 1 per cent real interest rates were unsustainably low and could rise as high as 3 per cent given the need ...

Financial planners to improve soft skills

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Financial planners can now learn behavioural skills to help them sell insurance to clients through a new training course offered by AXA. The Risk Learning Program has two main components, one that teaches advisers to discuss life, TPD and income protection ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... the terms of its bailout, whispered to total around 80 billion euros. Oh yes, there's also the issue of the ECB raising interest rates by 25 bps to a whopping 1.25 per cent. Been there, done that! There was Fed rhetoric overnight. Fed Vice Chairman Janet ...

Macq coins onto mortgage agenda

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Features of the new COIN Mortgage module include the ability to view ten different products at once, compare loan features, interest rates and fees, cost analysis based on a client's loan scenario and a snapshot of feature differences.

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA
Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI
MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI
Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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