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YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... was established in Australia in 2007 and operated by generating revenue from providing currency-trading training to mum-and-dad investors. The company is said to have raised millions last year, which cannot be accounted for. In other news from ASIC yesterday ...

Zurich updates Life Risk product

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... increase to premium. Zurich has also added a flexible cover benefit option, whereby insured expectant mums or a new mum or dad can reduce their monthly benefit by up to 75% when taking time off work for pregnancy or after the birth or adoption of a child. ...

Forum: Women driving change

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Cracks are showing in the so-called glass ceiling that keeps women from rising up the corporate ladder, but there is still a long way to go. That was the message from senior female executives in the wealth management industry at the Women Driving Change ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... report, which encouraged competitive, efficient and innovative equity markets." The government said Chi-X would benefit mum and dad investors, as well as listed companies, brokers and traders. "Mum and dad investors will benefit, whether they invest ...

Insto fears over high frequency trading set to grow

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... money continuing to flow this problem is only going to be exacerbated in time," said Macqueen. "While it might help a mum and dad direct investor buying one thousand NAB shares, it's not necessarily helping the process of the institution that is essentially ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... industry agents, including corporate management, active fund managers, asset consultants, super fund trustees and 'mum and dad' investors, concluding the approach is widespread across the industry. "Fixing this issue requires a major shift in mindset ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... television ads that target the mass retail market touting CFDs. The contracts were becoming increasingly popular with mum-and-dad investors but ASIC has taken the view that their complexity means retail traders have a greater risk of running into trouble. ...

SMSFs may be banned from buying shares off-market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Dunn, managing director of the SMSF Academy, said the move would impose extra brokerage costs on SMSFs. "For example, mum and dad have the shares in their own name. Rather than sell them and transfer the cash (to the SMSF), they can do an off-market ...

Second Fincorp director not guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... The Fincorp group of companies collapsed in March 2007, placing at risk over $200 million invested by around 8000 'mum and dad' investors. In related news, over Fincorp 500 investors will be compensated for their losses through a compensation scheme. ...