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Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... it becomes so easy to get swept up by the mood of the mob. Someone shouts "sell" and everybody rush to the exits - never mind why, we just don't want to get caught with the hot potato on our laps. Another one scream "buy" and, lo and behold, everyone ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... the North Sea, the (literally) burning United Kingdom saw its FTSE-100 down 3.1%. The boo - France is about to burn. Never mind the more than 20% dive in Societe Generale's share price overnight, it was rumours that credit ratings agencies will do what ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Australian stocks were dumped at the start of trade on Tuesday, as the wave of selling during overnight offshore trading swept onto local shores. At 1027 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 151.6 points, or 3.80 per cent, at 3,834.5 points ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Political Risks, Rising Debt Burden; Outlook Negative Publication date: 05-Aug-2011 20:13:14 EST" S&P made good its threat. Never mind that, according to the Wall Street Journal, "...Treasury officials discovered that S&P officials had miscalculated ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) specialist Regnan has promoted former deputy managing director Amanda Wilson as the new managing director of the company. Regnan produces investment-ready ESG data on S&P/ASX200 companies, designed ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Snowball Financial Group has launched a Best Advice Centre of Excellence, a collection of some of the advice industry's leading minds to hash out ideas and new ways to improve the delivery of advice. The project is part of Snowball's Project Best Advice ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... US or Europe says 'no deal' and they applause, clap their hands and stomp their feet when either one shouts 'deal!' Never mind the deal or no deal game the United States is playing. It's giving financial markets thrills and spills but when it comes to ...

SMSF trustees are looking for mentors

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers need to ditch traditional advice models and become mentors to succeed in the self-managed superannuation market, an industry expert told the 17th Annual Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Symposium yesterday. Andrea Slattery, chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
The Australian dollar jumped higher at noon following stronger-than-expected China GDP data. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.21 US cents, up from 105.78 cents on Tuesday. Since 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the local unit ...

Hillross social media growth plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... out from the crowd." Further plans include driving faster-than-market growth by starting initiatives with the clients in mind, something Humphries said is uncommon in the advice industry, with strategic investments to also be made into groups high net ...