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FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... members is that they're here for the long haul," he said. "There are members who recognise that this is a big change - this isn't business as usual, this really will change businesses." The FPA membership includes more than 6,000 financial planning practices ...

Planner fees for super advice cost $1.3bn

ISN PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... compulsory contributions over the same period. The Rainmaker "Commissions Revenue Report," commissioned by Industry Super Network (ISN) concluded that proposals to replace sales commissions with percentage-based fees, as proposed by retail funds, will ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... for new delivery aircraft, which requires funding," Ryan Bisch, senior consultant at Mercer's Alternative Boutique. Investec isn't the only firm eyeing investment opportunities in aircraft infrastructure. This week, a Macquarie Group subsidiary bought ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... midst of a one-time-only rise to much higher ground - to the neighborhood of 36,000 on the Dow Jones industrial average." But isn't this very optimism perhaps a contrarian indicator? Equity markets peak or bottom when almost everyone shares the same ...

Business cycle dating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Is it over or isn't it? Has the fat lady already sung the swan song of the US recession? Financial markets are all a-buzz with this question after the New York Times carried a story about the 8 April meeting by the National Bureau of Economic Research ...

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... February decline was the 12th in 13 months, indicating that American consumers continue to repair their balance sheets. But isn't this a good thing? Isn't every money professional admonishing people and governments for spending beyond their means? Just ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... good European is one who abides by the European treaties and national law and thus sees to it that the euro zone's stability isn't harmed. That's our guidance for all decisions today and tomorrow, and also for the future." As it stands, Germany is saying ...

IFSA blasts latest APRA league tables

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... by APRA acts as an appropriate proxy for comparing the default or main investment options of Australian super funds," said ISN in their statement.

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... "There's no other T. Rowe fund that I own, except my own, and I have 100 per cent of my retirement assets in the fund," he said. Isn't that a bit risky? "Some people said that to me. But when I already own 100 of the best businesses in the world, across ...

ISN appoints deputy CEO

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
Industry Super Network (ISN) has appointed Alison McIvor to the roles of deputy chief executive and chief operations officer. ISN chief executive David Whiteley said McIvor brings experience and skills particularly from when she spent over a decade ...