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Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The number of investors switching funds has continued to decline, with only 3.7 per cent of investors switching in the March quarter and only 3.3 per cent in the June quarter, according to a new Roy Morgan report. The report stated while December showed ...

IIFA pledges global reporting standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The International Investment Funds Association has vowed to support development of a better investment fund reporting system at its 21st annual meeting, which concluded in Sydney last Friday. The 76 delegates, representing 35 different national investment ...

Cairns planner jailed for fraud

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
A Cairns financial adviser has been sentenced to eight years jail after pleading guilty to 14 fraud charges involving almost $1 million of client money. The Cairns District Court sentenced the man, Piet Cornelius Walters, on October 30, after he pleaded ...

FPA chair joins FPSB

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Corinna Dieters will represent Australia in the nine-member global governing body of Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB). FPSB is a non-profit international organisation that manages and develops ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open higher today, after a positive ending to Friday's trade in New York. At 0753 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 25 points to 6723. Today, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher following a strong performance on Wall Street overnight, higher prices in base metals and in precious metals, and a new record high for oil in New York. At 0750 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
A month after BT Financial Group chief executive Rob Coombe challenged the industry to find better ways to engage the public on the retirement savings debate, the group and Westpac have introduced sweeping changes to the way BT provides superannuation-related ...

ME quadruples fixed income FUM

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
Members Equity Bank has quadrupled its fixed income product funds under management (FUM) in the last four years, according to financial information manager Tom Bekiaris. The fund, which forms part of the various industry funds' fixed income allocations ...

Integrity opens to retail

Integrity, a boutique fund set up by former UBS Australian equities head Paul Fiani, hits the ground running with $400 million in institutional money already invested and a new retail fund launched last week. The Integrity Australian Share fund, loosely ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market continued its strong gains at noon after starting trade in positive territory, driven by the resources sector, which was buoyed by higher base and precious metal prices on Friday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...