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Market wrap - morning

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0920 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down six points at 5,468. In corporate news today, the details of a proposed ...

New planners lack listening skills

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006

... are important because they emphasis of the work of the financial planning industry has changed," she said. "Planners now focus on the investment and income needs of intending or existing retirees who are increasingly dependent on self-funded income streams ...

Rainmaker's CompareOnline now compares 385 super funds

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006

... into thousands of investment options. "With even industry funds expanding their menus, it is no longer good enough to only focus on default options," he said.

Don't forget to lock and back-up: Symantec

... of back-up processes, cutting the need for an IT staff to manually save or restore company data. "We have also moved our focus towards the recoverability of applications, not just data, and reduce the complexity of the whole back-up process," he said. ...

Manage risks not returns

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006

Investment managers will guarantee their long-term survival if they focus first on managing risks rather than returns, as good returns will almost always follow sound risk management practices. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

GDI Property aiming for big returns from small portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006

... reweighting to property since 2001, the retail market saw a big shift in demand toward open funds with a passive, yield focus," Veale said. And he believed GDI Property Group would again deliver strong returns to investors. "In the past 14 years, we've ...

Plum treads its own path past $8b

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006

... Financial Services has just passed $8 billion in funds under administration, the business putting its success down to a focus on member retirement outcomes and the incorporation of behavioural finance into product development. Managing director, Mike ...

Another Dimension to DFA

Flush from the success of its current suite of products, leading fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has today launched a new fund that follows the same winning formula but with a global tilt. DFA senior portfolio manager Andrew Cain said that ...

Paul Barrett to head up distribution at CFS

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006

... the needs of advisers and their clients. This experience and knowledge will assist our distribution teams to continue to focus the provision of quality service and business tools," said Colonial First State chief executive officer, Brian Bissaker. He ...

Data quality a global problem

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006

According to a new survey by AIM Software, the global financial industry continues to struggle complying with Basel II, Markets in Financial Instruments Directives and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, citing data quality as their biggest problem. The survey ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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Since becoming chief executive, Blake Briggs has renewed the Financial Services Council's influence, expanded the membership base, and strengthened its policy and advocacy credentials. Karren Vergara writes.

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