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Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... deficit - down from 3.7% of GDP in 2010 to 2.0% last year - which would come under upward pressure as Aquino implements his plan to increased spending on roads and airports by US$17 billion. Manila has come a long way from being the "Sick Man of Asia" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
The Australian market is slightly higher after US politicians indicated they were willing to work together to ensure the economy didn't fall off the "fiscal cliff". At 1019 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 0.8 points, or 0.02 per cent, at ...

Industry funds to concentrate on direct distribution

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... distinguishing feature is. It's not about perception or logos, but consistency in delivering a product. "In every business, a plan is no good unless it's actually implemented," he said. Lally and Stewart were speaking about the different things Retail ...

FPA praises 'truth in labelling' legislation

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Draft legislation released yesterday states that only those fully licensed and authorised to provide personal financial advice are actually entitled to call themselves a financial planner/adviser. Currently, under the Corporations Act 2001, there is ...

Accounting firm takes on wealth management

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Accounting firm HLB Mann Judd Melbourne has joined with financial adviser Andrew Lord to create a new wealth management division. The division will operate under the name HLB Mann Judd (Vic) Wealth Management and will be headed by Andrew Lord who has ...

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... four-year trend in favour of 'hard assets' such as gold and silver, a possibility that investors may wish to consider as they plan for the future," he explained. The Democrat win also ends speculation about the unwinding of major pieces of legislation ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Major research into the self managed super funds sector affirms that while flexibility and tax management is their primary motivation, their ability to stick with their chosen investment strategy gives them a self perceived performance advantage as ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... to live forever and I don't want my wife to have to worry," he said. "I want to prepare and implement an easy succession plan for when I'm not here."

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
So what else is new? Up one day, down the next. Optimism that US will jump over the cliff one day, plunge into it the next. Hopeful that Greece would get another euro cent dropped into its begging bowl one day (and from a broader perspective the euro ...

TAL crowned life company of the year

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
TAL has been named Life Company of the Year in CoreData's Annual Risk Report. The insurance giant scored highly on CoreData's three most important attributes - having a strong customer focus, competitive cover definitions and the ease of doing business ...