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Peak oil bigger problem than climate change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Peak oil is a much more immediate problem than climate change, delegates at a Finsia seminar heard yesterday. But the potential ramifications of climate change just make the problem worse, said Ian Dunlop, a former petroleum engineer who is now the ...

AXA hires three planning managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
AXA Australia is ramping up its financial advice growth, appointing three regional development managers. Avon Allen was appointed Queensland regional development manager and Peter Boston will take a role as New South Wales regional development manager. ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
As markets turn from bad to worse, alternative investments have proven to be the keystone of solid returns when they turned into shock absorbers protecting investors from capital loss, said Select Asset Management. Since August last year, the sub-prime ...

ASIC bans Westpoint adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned Perth-based planner David Roy from providing financial services for seven years after it found he misled clients on Westpoint products. The regulator found between 1998 and 2005, Roy ...

CFS GAM names new chief

A senior figure at State Street Global Advisors, Mark Lazberger, takes on the chief executive officer post at Colonial First State Global Asset Management in September. The Commonwealth Bank has appointed Lazberger to the helm, effective 1 September ...

Rabo planning expands to QLD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Rabobank's financial planning division, Rabo Financial Advisors (RFA), purchased Queensland based advice firm, Dayas Financial Services in line with its strategy to grow its presence in Australia. The purchase means RFA will own Dayas Financial Services' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Strong leadership, effective planning and a willingness to learn from Western economies guarantees the Chinese economy's growth is sustainable and will continue to flourish, according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Demand for comodities may have no end in sight but individual investors may be showing signs of nervousness about the sector and whether the surging demand will continue to translate into high share prices and protect them to insulate them against inflation. ...

ASIC bans Westpoint planner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) banned Western Australian financial adviser David Liddicoat from providing financial services for three years after he misled clients on Westpoint investments. Liddicoat provided financial planning ...