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Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Financial planners relying on research are sitting ducks for legal action in the wake of the Trio Capital superannuation fraud and need to protect themselves, a planner has said. In the case of the Trio Capital fraud, adviser Ross Tarrant's firm Tarrants ...

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Challenger reports strong boutique inflows and life sales with retail investors continuing to pour money into its annuities products. At March 31 2011, Challenger's total assets and funds under management had reached $27 billion, a 22 per cent rise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open higher after a mostly positive lead from Wall Street, with the focus for the week ahead expected to be on sales figures due from two major retailers. Both Woolworths Ltd and Coles owner Wesfarmers Ltd are ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...

Trustee fury prompts SMSF compo rethink

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The peak self-managed super fund association wants the law to be changed to allow compensation for their trustees as anger mounts over the Trio fraud case. Affected SMSF trustees are outraged that APRA-managed super fund members will be fully compensated ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Another day, another sleepy trading day on Wall Street. Both the S&P 500 and the Dow closed an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny 0.1 per cent. There wasn't much news to move sentiment either way. Oh yes, there were the same old, same old issues masquerading as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices flat to higher, and precious metals and oil also rising. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The ASX will end the year at 5500, according to forecasts by fund managers expecting solid performance in the domestic equities space. Boutique manager Dalton Nicol Reid said that the market looks reasonably cheap, trading at 11.8 times earnings and ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Wealth Enhancers' Sarah Riegelhuth has been appointed chair of the Association of Financial Advisers GenXt committee, a leadership role that connects experienced, older advisers to those new to the profession. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the ...

Property the key to longevity risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Listed property group Charter Hall says direct property is superior to other defensive assets in fighting a portfolio's longevity risk thanks to its ability to withstand inflation. Richard Stacker, chief executive of Charter Hall's direct property business ...