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It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... maybe because while most individuals rejoice at good news happening to them, they are happier when bad ones strike others. Let's take last week for instance. There were big headlines about how the weaker-than-expected and unchanged 1.8 per cent annualised ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Consumer spending and business investment dropped by 0.6 per cent and 4.4 per cent, respectively. And while, we're at it, let's not tell the market that the OECD has lowered its UK GDP growth projection to 1.4 per cent (from 1.5 per cent) for 2011 and ...

Advisers hampered by conflicted platforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
Advisers signed up on big institutional platforms are compromising their first duty to their client, independent advisers have said. Out of 26 leading master trust and wrap platforms studied by research firm Investment Trends for its 2010 Investment ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Financial services feel cloud benefit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
A shift towards cloud computing has resulted in significant return on investment, according to a Bloomberg technology survey of financial services companies. Over one hundred chief information officers and technology decision makers from major financial ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... access any leads the campaign generates. But the crucial aspect is that it will allow the AFA to be an industry leader and "let us tell other people you're involved."

Investor revolt threatens 30 fund managers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
An action group of disgruntled investors are trying to remove the 30-member management team of Wellington Premium Income Fund. The unit-holder action group says it represents 27 per cent of the investors in PIF and has taken steps to convene a meeting ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The bad news just keep piling up don't they? And from the looks of them, they're everywhere. Let me take you to a bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent ...

Planners wrapped with super app

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Financial planners are responding in force to a free superannuation and retirement app available at itunes, with the promise of more features to come. The "working retirement calculator" app, developed by Rice Warner, is part of a suite of superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Tuesday, following falls on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0735 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday ...