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Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Australia's managed funds are among the world's worst in terms of disclosure, a report has found, with financial advisers caught between client commitments and secretive funds. Managed funds in Australia and New Zealand do not have to publish portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was continuing to rise at noon as investors buy back into stocks that were sold off in the wake of Japan's crisis. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.7 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 4,579.4 points, while ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Colonial First State has launched an aggressive bid for market share by opening Australia's biggest wholesale investment platform to small investors, positioning itself for a future commission-free superannuation market. Colonial, a subsidiary of the ...

CFS names new advice head

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Colonial First State (CFS) appoints Marianne Perkovic, currently the CFS general manager of distribution, as the new head of advice, filling the gap left by Paul Barrett last month. Perkovic starts her new role next week as head of the CFS advice business ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The Coalition opposition is again testing its power on the floor of the hung parliament by introducing a bill to abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit. The government only wants to increase the SG age limit to 75 from its current level of 70 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The Australian share market has lost some of its early gains but remains higher at noon as stocks follow positive leads from markets in the United States and Europe. At 1201 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.3 points, or 0.43 per cent, at ...

Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, has unveiled a new financial advisory panel to help with the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms. "The Panel will play a key role in lifting the level of professional ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
The Australian share market is fractionally lower at noon as investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia's rates decision. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.9 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,688.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Financial Services Council (FSC) appoints Macquarie Bank executive, Peter Maher, as chairman after the former chair retires. Maher, Macquarie bank's head of banking and financial services group, will take on the role of chairman at the FSC as part of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... credit/debit card data for August. National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey for September, and QBE LMI and BIS Shrapnel launch their Australian Housing Outlook 2010 report The Australian Office of Financial Management conucts a tender ...