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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... from Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index down 0.34 per cent, the blue chip S&P500 index barely changed and the Nasdaq technical index up slightly. But resources stocks may receive a boost from strong base metal prices in London overnight. The lead ...

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... access website for its advisers. SynchronAdviser.net will allow advisers to download updated business growth tools, read technical and business articles, exchange ideas, review videos and podcasts and assess their skills via online surveys. "There will ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... about up-skilling through sharpening our educational curriculum might be missing one key detail - students don't like technical subjects and it's a major long term threat to our global productivity. A review just released by the Australian Mathematics ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... uneasy about the state of the markets. Speaking at the Securitor conference yesterday, Bryan Ashenden, Securitor head of technical consulting, said the paraplanning academy will offer a fast track education program for those who want to become paraplanners. ...

Prudential selects IMPACT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Prudential Asset Management has chosen Impact Investing's IMPACT software to improve its ability to manage equities and minimise risk. IMPACT is a desktop software product for portfolio managers that acts as an information base for performance data ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The collapse of some boutique margin lenders is prompting calls for more regulation, but regulatory overreaction leading to overreach may cause even bigger structural problems. To illustrate the conundrum, it's worth reviewing some of Reserve Bank Glen ...

Bad markets, good advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... up to say there's no better time to talk to clients than when the going is tough. Robert Thomas, head of research and technical at AXA, points out that volatile markets would naturally unsettle both clients and advisers. But advisers should take that ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... help the SMSF sector maintain its integrity via advocacy on behalf of SMSF trustees and the provision of education and technical resources. Board members of the SMSMA include chief executive, Peter Bishell and Bill Banks, chairman of the association. ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... contribution amount with interest and an administration fee. However, Alex Denham, Challenger Financial Services Group head of technical services, said the proposed change would mean SG payments are paid directly into employee accounts. "I think the ...

Striking a balance on SMSF direct property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
A leading superannuation technical strategist delves deeper into how buying bricks-and-mortar can affect the savings of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees as they approach retirement. The proportion of direct property in a SMSF must be continually ...