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Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Arrrgh! Doesn't this unending Greco-German tragedy make you just wanna tear your hair - strand by strand - from its roots? Yes, you, yes, yes you, Virginia. For I still like to keep the very few ones remaining loyal to my scalp. And if not for its potential ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Rainmaker Group has appointed industry veteran, James Proctor, to the newly created role of head of technical services. With over 19 years experience in the financial services industry as a technical taxation, superannuation and social security expert ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat. At 0828 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,240. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) is due to be released, while ...

Crowe Horwath eyes HNWI business

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Accounting firm Crowe Horwath has appointed two new business advisory principals, Mary O'Driscoll and Jim Softsis, in a bid to expand into the high net worth individual space. The firm said the appointments were part of Crowe Horwath's strategy to build ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
We're doomed (again)! Oh-em-gee! "IMF slashes growth forecasts!" This was the last piece of news I saw before I went to bed last night and started snoring. Yeah, yeah I thought. Sure, sure. Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that ...

Target setting works for super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Target setting can offer rewards for super funds according to new research from bond fund manager PIMCO, which assessed strategies used by not for profit defined benefit and defined contribution default fund options. The research paper, Defined Contribution ...

PJC hears FOFA lost in translation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
FOFA has lost its way, according to the AFA presentation to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services currently underway at NSW Parliament House in Sydney. Drawing a comparison with recent price wars between the major ...

FINRA relaxes social media controls

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Australian financial planners may see some of their social media compliance issues lessen if Australian regulators follow FINRA's lead, after the US regulator proposed changes to its rulings to allow planners to communicate through social media without ...

FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
The Finance Sector Union, representing workers at Australia's big four banks, said job cuts in the banking industry cannot be justified. Reports today claim thousands of bank jobs could be on the line over the next two years as part of major cost cutting ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
A brand new day, same nagging issues. The headlines may have changed but the underlying problem remains - the uncertainty that is the European sovereign debt problem. We were reminded of this again last night. Rising yields. Italian yields hit fresh ...