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Bankwest cuts 400 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia subsidiary, Bankwest, is to shed around 400 employees from the bank's operations but confirms the financial planning arm will not be affected. The bank is planning on making 250 redundancies in Western Australia and 150 ...

CalPERS reviews cost of hedge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
One of the largest super funds in the US, CalPERS, plans to put more emphasis on a hedge fund manager's long term returns than short term returns when negotiating fund fees - signalling a new way super funds pay for performance. CalPERS said in a press ...

FPSA tenders for managed accounts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Netwealth-owned FPSA, which advises on $1.4 billion in funds, is getting into the managed accounts game and is putting out a tender for a MA provider. Financial Planning Services Australia, which has approximately $1.4 billion in funds under advice ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
So it was written, so it was. No more bonuses. Taxpayers hate that. The government threatens to regulate against that. Hmmm...what can we do? Last Friday, I wrote about the futility of introducing new regulations to ensure that the current global financial ...

Stimulate your package

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Australian couples eligible to receive the government's $1,800 stimulus package cash injection could double the sum by investing in superannuation instead of blowing it on a holiday or a new plasma TV. Millions of Australians are set to receive a portion ...

Storm enters liquidation

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants starts the process of recovering money on behalf of Storm Financial creditors after the Federal Court placed the firm into liquidation. Following yesterday's decision Storm Financial's appointed liquidators ...

In partners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Acquiring direct investments involves more than just exchanging contracts - super fund investors have to do more that just the requisite due diligence when selecting co-investors in a consortium. Sam Magee, commercial director of Industry Funds Management ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' financial engineers, Timmy (US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner) has unveiled a plan imposing tougher rules and regulations on 'too big to fail' or systemically critical US institutions. In his words, 'Over ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Financial planner Sam Henderson discovered a decision he made 12 months ago to set up a managed accounts service for clients is paying off. Speaking at Financial Standard's managed accounts seminar early this month, Henderson said that using managed ...

Coin makes marketing easy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Coin is turning financial planners into graphic artists and marketing gurus after the technology firm added a new module that lets financial planners develop a stylish tailored marketing campaign. The Campaign Management Module allows financial planners ...