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Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Stop right there. If you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per ...

SMSF Trustees want compensation: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund professionals' Association of Australia has rejected calls for a levy to be imposed on SMSF trustees to fund a compensation scheme. In the wake of the Trio fraud there has been a misconception as to what the legal standing ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Bloomberg's news that American companies "have started to delay recruitment and investment on fears that Congress won't act to stop the $600B of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes that are due in January." Yes, more than Europe, America has the "fiscal ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... think advice is worth paying for - advice, particularly in these sorts of markets can add significant value to investors and stop people making short-term buy/sell decisions," Bowerman said. The Investment Trends report came as University of Adelaide's ...

UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
UK wealth sector intermediaries should stop providing advice and instead shift their focus to financial planning, says a new report from a conservative libertarian think tank. The report, 'Put the saver first, Catalysing a savings culture' by the Centre ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... hasn't Spain just been promised a a,-100 bil rescue not too long ago? Looks like those who thought that this wasn't enough to stop the pain were correct after all. BRICs to the rescue. Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega announced last night that them ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... "political union" with greater fiscal co-ordination and oversight and insisted "financing growth with new borrowing must stop." The president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, has also weighed in, saying that Germany had "no choice" but the lead Europe ...

Platform satisfaction on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Platform providers' $130m investment in technology is showing strong benefits with advisers' satisfaction reaching the highest level recorded in nine years, according to a new report by Investment Trends. Investment Trends have been tracking planners' ...

Asteron re-focuses group risk strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... a life risk specialist aligned to brokers, consultants and IFA's, we understand the need to be a trusted adviser and one-stop shop on group risk for our clients." "Since re-pointing our strategy, our group risk business is gaining strong traction and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... research at Australian Stock Report, said. "The market has taken an absolute beating," he said. "You'd expect to see some stop losses getting hit and some investors really moving to the sidelines. "We haven't seen a big crash below 4,000 yet, so that ...