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Patersons and Davies open fixed income shop

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Patersons Securities has launched a specialist fixed income and hybrid securities joint venture with Bryan Davies, former chief executive and co-founder at Yellow Brick Road. The Sydney-based division, Davies & Partners, is half owned by Patersons Securities ...

Trust in escrow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Local instos are busily combing the market for bargain investments following the GFC - but with the threat of counterparty risk looming larger today than in any other point of the current economic cycle, many are snubbing standard contracts in favour ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly lower as Wall Street ended flat amid weaker sentiment and profit-taking. At 0753 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 10 points lower at 4421. In economic ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Zap!...Ka-pow!...Thwap!...Sprunch! The dead cat bouncers hit back! 'Twas only yesterday I was pondering the timing of when the bouncing dead cat would hit the ground again. For as adamant as the dead cat bounce camp is that the deceased feline will ...

AMP service speeds up underwriting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
AMP has unveilled a new process to slash the time to access medical records, freeing up a major roadblock in the underwriting process. AMP chief underwriter Bernadene Gordon said that the new phone-based service, TeleDr, would dramatically reduce underwriting ...

Adviser education bar too low

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Qualifying to become an adviser is far too easy and the bar should be raised higher, especially for young hopefuls looking to enter the industry, said a panel of advisers. Brad Fox, a partner at Nixon Fox & Wills and a panelist at the AFA National Roadshow ...

PI insurers face $300m in claims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Advisers could face tougher hurdles to get professional indemnity cover as insurers expect a $300 million claims bill in the next three years resulting from collapses such as Storm Financial, said an industry expert. Christina Kalantzis, principal of ...

Communication breakdown advisers failure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
One of the biggest downfalls of the financial planning industry is its inability to communicate effectively the value of the profession, said a key industry association. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Yellow Brick Road, the financial planning business developed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, has dumped its acquisition strategy for an organic growth branch model - with the aim to open 150 practices in three years. Bouris said the business' ...

AMP planners to use Lonsec and van Eyk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
AMP Financial Planning today announced van Eyk and Lonsec as its preferred independent research house partners. The announcement follows consultation with planners and a tender process. AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer said ...