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Product-based fees create conflict

Financial planners will not be recognised as true professionals for as long as 'product-based' remuneration models exist, according to discussion papers released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The Institute has used an ...

Fixed interest still tops cash: Zenith

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... periods of market stress could impact the capital value of their underlying holdings, but the funds' daily prices were still a true reflection of the current value at any point in time.

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... hike. Sub-prime mashed the US markets again overnight. As the door closed on Citigroup's ex-CEO Chuck Prince, rumours proved true on the bank's expected additional write-downs which tallied to $11 billion. With worst fears realised, US equity markets ...

Raging bull in sub-prime abattoir

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... running rampant overnight, straight into the abattoir as rumours of a huge sub-prime loss for Merrill Lynch proved to be true. The world's biggest brokerage firm Merrill Lynch reported a blowout in losses in its third quarter earnings result of $8.4 ...

Building BRICs

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... emerging market's growth would accelerate, and play an increasingly important role in the global economy. This appears to be true considering the fundamentals supporting growth in BRIC economies, (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the broader emerging ...

Principal goes beyond property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... with the launch of a new emerging markets fund and global equities fund early next year. The global equities fund will be a true first for the company in Australia, but is still in development, according to head of sales and marketing Alex Francois. ...

Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... very strong distribution channels." He also admitted some industry funds' web presence could do with improvement. "It is true to say one underutilised element of that [advertising presence] is online marketing and websites generally need to be continually ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... said there was no reason for banks in Australia to lift mortgage interest rates in light of the situation in the US. "It is true that for those institutions that borrow a lot of money in the United States, the costs have gone up. This applies to mortgage ...

Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... important and they need to be asking those types of questions to truly understand how many bets have been taken and what the true level of diversification in the funds they're using." If investors don't ask these questions, Crowley said, "they can have ...

Local Super selects Vision for back office admin

... said that the tender went out to both the previous provider, Mercer Human Resources Consulting and Vision Super. "While it's true that Vision Super is a super fund, it has a similar clientele to us and fully appreciates the needs of those kind of clients ...