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Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... earlier schemes. Founder and former managing director of Great Southern, John Young, reportedly raised objections to the request which were yesterday rejected by the Associate Justice who upheld M+K's request who are now able to view any such documents ...

Accountants attack planners over naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
An industry turf war has erupted after accountants said they want the Federal Government to dump adviser requests to restrict the term 'financial planner'. The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) fired the first shots yesterday, saying moves to ...

Macquarie arms advisers with online cash tool

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online cash management tool to help advisers track clients' balances and manage investments more efficiently. The idea behind the platform is to enable advisers, under clients' instructions, to ensure that sufficient cash ...

ING shelves global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... resignation of two portfolio managers in Europe. Standard & Poor's Fund Services removed its three star rating at the manager's request, stating that the INGIM had elected to close the fund. Jim McKay, head of distribution, INGIM, confirmed that the ...

Planners struggle to sell practices as values fall

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Financial planners are finding it harder to sell their practices this year and business values have declined, thanks to legislative uncertainty, according to industry valuation firm Radar Results. The consulting firm said requests for valuations on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... which would be linked to strict austerity measures. Portugal is the third eurozone country after Greece and Ireland to request a bailout and its plight has increased speculation that Spain - the fourth largest economy of the 17 countries which use the ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... returns. First up are the property, infrastructure and private equity assets in various ways. One new measure will be to request details from its domestic property managers on their programme to obtain or upgrade their NABERS energy star ratings. The ...

Franklin Global Growth gets three-star rating

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Franklin Global Growth has now been rated by Standard & Poor's, completing the analyst firm's review of the International Equities Large Cap - Concentrated peer group. Franklin Global Growth was given three stars in its debut grading by the ratings ...

Flare up over MoneySmart

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... of interest for the adviser. REST Industry Super has taken the recommendation one step further by asking consumers to request an upfront assessment of what any financial advice will cost them. "As a profit-to-members industry super fund, we do not pay ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Jeremy Cooper, the newly appointed chair of Challenger Retirement Income, spoke at an adviser roadshow about the threats of longevity, inflation and market risks on retirement savings, raising concerns that most portfolios are too equities-focused in ...