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Restrict 'adviser' term: AFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called upon Treasury to restrict the term 'adviser' to those that are regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and comply with the Corporations Act. "The problem at the ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... voting unanimously to go to press - printing press that is. With the fed funds rate at an historic low of 0-25 per cent, interest rates could not be lowered further to entice Americans to spend. As such, the policy setting Federal Open Market Committee ...

Legalsuper members make a choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... markets and 83 per cent indicating their annual statement was easy to understand. Legalsuper members have also shown a keen interest with their retirement savings and their super provider. Around 89 per cent stated that they read their annual statement ...

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... investment approach and risk management processes. The research firm said the fund could be appropriate as a core fixed interest component in a balanced portfolio for conservative, balanced or growth risk profile investors with a three-year time horizon. ...

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... cent. Joe Bracken, head of macro strategies at BT Investment Management, said the fund has been attracting "a lot of interest" by institutional investors in particular, with high liquidity levels, diversity and minimal investment losses topping their ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... buying gilts directly. The reason why the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lowered interest rates again last week. Even Australia has had bad news which the market chose to ignore. The All Ordinaries Index closed the ...

Aladdin combines FI and eq

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... leading to toolsets capable of dealing with all asset classes, a prime example of which is BlackRock's Aladdin fixed interest platform. Nigel Allfrey, managing director of BlackRock Solutions, former head of Impact Investing, the equities decision-making ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... revised this to 5.2 per cent when it changed its population benchmark). The day's news also revealed that after holding interest rates steady at 5.25 per cent for 15 consecutive months, the RBA lifted rates to 5.5 per cent in March and back then economists ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... Aussie signatories of the UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment "for some time". "In late 2007 we commenced a process to consider ...

Praemium teams up with BNP Paribas

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... their previous provider. "We're clearly having discussions with a number of other [potential clients]. We've got a lot of interest in the UK - and we're confident we'll get a good reception in the market place," said Naoumidis.