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Lessons learned from Opes Prime

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... (Australian Master Securities Lending Agreement) was not suitable for many individual investors, particularly less savvy mum and dad investors, who signed up with Opes Prime. But it stopped short of recommending the banning of these products from investors. ...

Budget, what budget?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... where their money goes is an eye-opener. For example, while some Gen Yers have long been chided for relying on the 'mum-and-dad' bank, they are also a generation that has created the 'mates' bank, with 87 per cent of Gen Yers borrowing and lending money ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Mum-and-dad investors in South Australia have been caught out in a $15.2 million fraud carried out by yet another finance company operating without a financial services licence. ASIC has banned Jonathan Peter West, of Athelstone, South Australia from ...

Super breakthrough for SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... means millions of people who previously couldn't access the product can now do so. "If you're talking about ordinary mum-and-dad SG contributions, which represents nearly two thirds of the industry, SMAs aren't available for that [SG contributions] at ...

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... returns, to investors. Last month, AIMA launched a hedge fund booklet last month for financial planners, advisers and 'mum and dad' investors to better understand hedge funds. The handbook includes information about the history of hedge funds, role of ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello's baby bonus handout and exhortation to couples to 'have one for mum, one for dad, and one for Australia'. For sure the Australian unemployment rate will trend higher as the global financial crisis progresses ...

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... "Despite the fact that quite a large proportion of that [rate cut] seems to look like it's going to be passed on to the mum and dad mortgage holders, there wasn't a particularly big upswing in mortgage application rates. "I imagine that for a fairly ...

Bill failed, what next?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... systems and for financial advice... we're not just talking about the sharemarket but also the cash market." As for mum-and-dad investors, Gilham said the events of recent weeks bring home the value of financial education. "For an individual, it's scary ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
America's largest pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is rolling out a two-year specialised investment strategy for infrastructure - heralding its interest in increased portfolio diversity. According to a statement ...

Evolution of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... told the audience that contrary to industry view, no amount of disclosure will help facilitate informed choice among mum-and-dad investors. He said the industry needs to address this "information asymmetry". Meanwhile, Bissaker focused on what he believes ...