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Govt moves to enshrine 'financial adviser' label

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
In a widely anticipated move, the government has today tabled a bill that will enshrine the term "financial planner/adviser" into law. The legislation, introduced by the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten aims to enhance ...

Shartru Wealth and Emerge Business join forces

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Shartru Wealth Management has opened business as part of boutique investment group Shartru Capital and will be working in conjunction with accounting firm Emerge Business Advisory. The CEO of the Newcastle-based business is former director of Centre ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Many of the model portfolios used by financial advisers to meet investor objectives are susceptible to market shocks and hidden risks, according to a study by van Eyk's Portfolio X-Rays initiative. The consulting service examines a model portfolio to ...

Super members fail to top-up amid 'perfect storm'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... this research that the super industry needs to continue to work at educating and incentivising Australians to adequately plan for their retirement - otherwise we risk making this storm unnecessarily severe," he finished.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher amid views that investors over-reacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs on Monday. Monday's falls in Australia were the heaviest of the year (above two per cent) but a relatively muted response ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... Cyprus banking crisis sent jitters through markets. The huge tax on bank depositors included in the weekend EU-IMF bailout plan for Cyprus sent stocks sinking from the opening bell as outrage spread across the Mediterranean island country and spurred ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... sanctity of the most sacrosanct of the average people's store of wealth, the bank deposit. You, I and Irene have read about that plan - the tax depositors for bailout plan imposed on Cyprus. To repeat, Cypriots with of a,-100,000 and below would be levied ...

Macquarie to compensate Storm investors in $82.5m deal

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Macquarie Group Limited last week announced that it has reached an agreement to settle proceedings brought against it by investors advised by Storm Financial and who had Macquarie margin loan facilities. The settlement, an amount of $82.5 million including ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... year's Income Protection prize in the Life Company of the Year Awards held by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. "We identify income protection as one of the most important insurance needs, this is why we are providing financial ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...