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ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
A prominent face of the Australia proxy advice industry has signaled his departure after ISS Australian operations co-founder Dean Paatsch announced that he is leaving the governance advisory firm after six years. Paatsch's history is that of being ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
China has long attracted interest from foreign equity managers but now fixed interest managers are keeping an eye on Yuan-denominated bond markets for fresh opportunities. For the plethora of global growth and Asian equity managers out there, exposure ...

China's $750bn pledge to clean tech aids sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... Huber, head of DWS Green Investments, outlined the range of clean technologies that smart investors are now taking an interest in within the DWS portfolio including water, agriculture and renewable sectors. This includes investing in the manufacturers ...

DB's Boyton sees "slow, steady decline" in Aussie housing

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... fundamentally different," he said. "I think this is really under-appreciated. If you're an owner-occupier in Australia, your interest payments aren't tax deductible. So what that means is, if you've got a mortgage rate of 7 per cent and you've got a ...

More workshops to prep for fee-for-service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
From only a fraction of financial planning groups offering advice through fee-for-service five years ago, the advice model has now gone mainstream - and there are workshops a-plenty for those who are still mulling over their options. Seven years ago ...

452 Capital mandates at risk

RUTH LIEW AND JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The impending departure of three senior executives from boutique fund manager 452 Capital sent shockwaves through the investment community late yesterday, with super funds heavily exposed to the manager reconsidering their investment mandates. In a ...

Former planner taps need for online education

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... service that - barely three months since going live with their new Financial Knowledge Centre - has already caught the interest of various dealer groups and super funds. Over recent years, there has been an opening in the market for an interactive website ...

Lite Super website pulled down

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... existing bancassurance products offered to BankWest customers. Furthermore, Lite Super was offered as adding a new non-interest income stream to HBOS Australia, who launched the fund through its wealth and investment division St Andrew's. Lite Super ...

Govt to ramp up FinLit in national school curriculum

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... plan includes creating consistent study objectives to cover finance, money, budgeting, financial transactions and how interest charges work. The $10 million in funding will be used to provide face-to-face training by the Australian Securities and Investment ...

ACCC chairman withdraws from merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Competition and Consumer Commission, Samuel has recused himself from the merger talks to avoid perceptions of conflicts of interest due to his family's involvement in the DFO shopping centre chain. NAB and AXA, which were both consulted on Samuel's decision ...