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Budget reforms exacerbate risks for Gen L: Asteron

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Financial planning group Asteron is commissioning a study on what it says is the biggest gap in the recent Budget - how Gen-L who are already in retirement will outlive their superannutaion savings. Asteron head of technical services sales and marketing ...

Self-congratulatory advisers still ignoring lower end market

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
Advisers were giving themselves a pat on the back yesterday over newly commissioned research that showed consumers were satisfied with their level of advice, but many consumers say they are still left wanting for broader advice at the lower end of the ...

Morgan Stanley steps up local game

Short of using a brass band and a bugle horn, global giant Morgan Stanley Investment Management plans an aggressive push locally and is due to launch a series of funds, including Australian equities, while also hitting the recruitment trail. For an ...

Consumers more than happy with advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
Recent research has highlighted a divide between much reported negative perceptions of the industry and actual consumer experiences. ING engaged AC Nielsen to survey over 1,000 consumers and advisers around issues of perception of advice. The survey ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate target steady at 5.75 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. Financial markets widely expected the move this time, unlike the controversial 25 basis point hike announced last month. ...

Profit sharing a win-win for AFS

Advisory group Australian Financial Services (AFS) is growing at a rate of at least 20 practices a year thanks to its highly successful profit sharing model. The Melbourne-based firm has signed up 13 practices since the beginning of the year and AFS ...

Govt will not ban commissions: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Government will not step in and ban commission-based remuneration, said the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, who urged the advisory industry to sort it out among themselves. Speaking at an Investment and Financial Services ...

ASIC charges four over margin lending scam

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Four people have been charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding unlawful and misleading conduct which resulted in Sydney investors taking out and subsequently defaulting on Macquarie Bank Margin Lending loans. ...

Westpoint fundraiser's last minute dash

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
On Sunday Neil Burnard, disgraced businessman and director of Palentia, the alleged fundraiser for the toppled Westpoint group, returned to Australia after he was refused entry in a last minute dash to the United States after a last minute dash to remain ...

AMPFP scraps industry funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has announced it is removing industry funds from its approved product list, citing a lack of client demand. AMPFP said that its planner network had received little demand from clients for industry funds and the costs involved ...