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Magill joins Matrix

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Former chief executive of Statewide Superannuation Fund, Frances Magill, has emerged from retirement to establish a new planning group - Frances Magill Financial Strategists - and recently joined Matrix Planning Solutions. Magill retired from the South ...

Chartwell director charged with $22m fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Former Chartwell Enterprises director Graeme Hoy was committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria on 224 charges brought by ASIC, including ripping $22 million off investors. In August 2009, Hoy was charged with two accounts of carrying ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Guess what? It's the bull market's first anniversary today! Hip..hip... Hooray Virgina! You and I have kept up the faith despite being battered by waves of doubters in an ocean of despair. It was exactly one year ago (9 March 2009) when Wall Street ...

Fees secondary to return: Qantas Super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Super funds should prioritise delivering strong net investment returns over finding ways to cut fees - an issue that has been swept aside as fee debates heat up, said Qantas Super chief executive, Janet Torney. Speaking at an ASFA luncheon yesterday ...

State Street settles suit for $340m

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
State Street has agreed to pay more than $340 million in settlement to the SEC's charges on misleading investors about their exposure to sub-prime investments. According to the SEC, State Street also selectively disclosed more complete information to ...

AXA adds 20 funds to APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
AXA Australia has added 20 funds to its approved product list (APL), including those from Aberdeen, Barclays Global Investors and Magellan, to provide a wider choice of index and income funds to financial planners. The AXA APL includes 51 fund managers ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
Cheque's in the mail! This was what Abu Dhabi told Dubai's creditors after making them sweat for almost three weeks. Financial markets cheered. And to borrow Bloomberg's headline, "Stocks Rise, Default Swaps, Dollar Drop Following Dubai Bailout". Maybe ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
A brand survey of the major banks in Australia could shed some light on how consumers may view their wealth management products. Each bank or financial institution distributes wealth management products including superannuation and managed funds to ...

RARE wins top Zenith rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
The RARE Infrastructure Value fund gets a "highly recommended" rating from Zenith. The firm's infrastructure sector review assessed four international and one emerging markets funds. One fund was not reviewed from the initial universe of six products. ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The latest ruling against three people posing as "financial advisers" when they weren't licensed as advisers at all exposes the flaw in the current legislative regime where unlicensed professionals can operate outside strict compliance laws Marianna ...