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More mortgage brokers to sell insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... highs. This contrasts starkly with the home loan market which have hit lows following tightening credit and the fallout of the GFC. It also comes at a time when certain big bank-alligned mortgage brokers are increasingly receiving minimum quota requirements ...

Second half jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Bette Middler, 'From a distance, the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white.' A myopic view of the GFC world would give you positive statistics one day and negative the next. However, it now looks blue and green when viewed from ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... notion that the leaders of the biggest seven countries in the world (and Russia) continue to work together to dig us out of the GFC. But back to China. Its leaders are no fools -- they know that China currently holds all the aces. China received no or ...

Platypus calls for time out

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... brother' who can assist us with marketing, compliance and business risk issues," according to the email. Talbot attributed the GFC and its effects to the closure of the funds and the firm. "The world has changed and we need to have to have a thoroughly ...

Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... would rather focus on stocks that will do well "in two to three years' time", not just during the transition period after the GFC. "I'm positive on the economic landscape over the long duration but I'm not investing in the economic landscape but on the ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... financial planning firms and fund managers as the regulator focuses on how they have changed their gearing strategy after the GFC. But adding to the compliance burden, the ASX has increased the number of qualifications that companies have to include ...

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... afford upgrading their book to a new fee-based system, particularly at this point in time when revenues are down because of the GFC. This opens up buying opportunities for the bigger players, particularly the bank-aligned financial planning firms. According ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
Just because the GFC happened doesn't mean it was caused by a lack of regulation, said a senior APRA executive in a major speech this week. "Just because one event follows another does not mean that the first event caused the second event," explained ...

Super assets drop to $1.03trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... months to be $113 billion, down 35 per cent from their peak during the 2007 calendar year. The segments best weathering the GFC storm are SMSFs as their assets fell only 7 per cent during the last year, followed by industry funds that fell 9 per cent ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... Glance 2009 report. While the report highlighted how Australia's market based superannuation system has been hit harder by the GFC than other countries that do not have as much private retirement savings, the OECD said the main problem for retirees in ...