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FPA recommends fee-for-service advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
In a day that marks a new chapter in the financial services sector, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has recommended to the government that the standard remuneration model for advice should be fee-for-service, citing that the "commission-based ...

AdviserLogic selects CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Financial advice software provider, AdviserLogic, has appointed CLS as sales and marketing partner. Kurt Smyth, executive manager at CLS, said adding AdviserLogic as a client reflects CLS' growing reputation in the marketplace. "Financial planners that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... won't surprise investors next month by getting poor marks in the government's "stress tests," which are designed to determine whether major banks have enough capital to survive if the economy turns even worse. The results are due May 4. The Dow Jones ...

S&P raises GSJBW equities rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's has upgraded the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Equities funds to a 'three stars' rating after a review found the investment team is more stable. The funds were previously rated 'two stars' by the ratings firm. The upgrade means the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... stocks erased early losses to end mostly higher on Monday ahead of a flurry of earnings and economic reports that could determine whether the bets investors made in the past month on a stabilizing economy will pay off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... different trustee types. "You rarely see an explanation of how the consideration of those factors has led the trustees to determine an appropriate spread of investments," he said. "That's the type of thing that the operating standards could refer to ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
There is a saying that goes, 'if you have nothing good to say, just shut up' or something along those lines. These days it seems that after more than a year and a half of the global financial crisis, trillions in bail-out money, record low interest ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner added that the government would start 'stress-testing' the largest banks this week to determine which firms would need extra capital if the economy deteriorates further. Firms that get an 'F' in their stress tests would ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... to allow the courts to reduce mortgages on borrowers' principal residences to fair market value. But how do US judges determine what is fair value when even the markets could not agree what a corner lot with white picket fence is worth these days? Supply ...

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
The $529 million Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is defying the super industry's flight to cash when it recently introduced a new "high growth" investment option to members. Up until the start of this year, MIESF did not offer investment ...