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Managed accounts central to advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
Advisers should be using managed accounts to be adviser, manufacturer and the central figure in their clients' financial lives, attendees were told at yesterday's Financial Standard Managed Accounts forum held in Sydney. Advisers can use managed accounts ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... Europe's sovereign debts or China's rising inflation? Can it solve Japan's nuclear disaster? Can it vanquish Qaddafi? Can it stop the protests in the Middle East and North Africa and bring peace in those regions? No, no, no and no. Have you now revised ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... expiry. The outlook is bright because whatever the Fed decides to do, the implications for the market would be positive. Stop QE2. The Fed is confident that the US recovery is on solid footing and that it could weather all the lingering uncertainties ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... in funds. Peter Johnston of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners, said the finance industry needed to stop product manufacturers paying research houses to be rated. "Advisers and clients are being caught by a corrupt research culture," ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
More than 25 per cent of dormant superannuation accounts have active life insurance policies causing balances to dwindle through unnecessary fees, new figures show but financial planners can help. According to research house Rice Warner, just over 12 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities markets flat to lower, while metals were mixed and oil fell. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 20 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight. Key securities markets were higher, oil reached a new record, and metals also rose. At 0714 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

Twittering social media takes time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Superannuation professionals have been told that powerful social media campaigns are "slow burners" and warned by a Deloitte technologist that they need to be patient to see the results. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... KONG - Hong Kong shares closed higher on Friday after the Group of Seven nations agreed to a joint currency intervention to stop the yen's rise while bargain hunters moved in after big losses. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 15.8 points, or 0.07 per ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... 3 trillion yen to come tomorrow. A total of 18 trillion yen or US$220 billion! And by all indications the buck would not stop there. Such massive liquidity injection will ultimately weaken the yen - a major bugbear for the economy even before the quake. ...