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Fin Services 15pc skill shortage

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The financial services industry is facing a 15 per cent skill shortage with financial planning in particular reporting a lack of experienced staff to meet demand. According to the latest Clarius Skills Index, skill supply in financial services has tightened ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
"When I find myself in times of trouble... Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." - The Beatles Nice song, sound advice but not, it seems, if the French can help it. The International Monetary and Financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... in the traditional safe haven. The euro slipped, meanwhile, as a Moody's downgrade for Ireland and a new Greek austerity plan stoked concerns that the eurozone debt crisis remains far from resolved, with Portugal's debt rescue package still to be negotiated. ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
A panel of top investment experts has put the bullish stamp on their outlook for US equities. Dave Marvin, chairman of Delaware-based investment management firm Marvin & Palmer Associates, said he is extremely bullish on US stocks as the severe recession ...

Half British consumers won't pay for fin advice

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... the US Federal Reserve confirming the world's biggest economy was on a good recovery track, and President Barack Obama's plan to scythe spending, did little to move investors. Tokyo ended 0.13 per cent higher, by 12.74 points, at 9,653.92 and Seoul gained ...

Van Eyk recruits BDM for advisor role

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Research house van Eyk has appointed a national business development manager to build relationships with financial advisers across Australia. Lyndall James will work with existing and new clients in the adviser and intermediary space for the van Eyk ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten fielded prickly questions from financial planners after giving a speech on the Future of Financial Advice reforms at a luncheon gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The Financial Planning Association has asked Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten to restrict the term 'Financial Planner' to members of an approved professional association only - and he has agreed to take it on board. The Association (FPA) has ...