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Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) said the government should investigate launching a "last resort statutory compensation fund" to cover financial advice licensee failings. The committee received a number of submissions from the regulator and Financial ...

Praemium tailors Wrap for fee-for-service

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Tech firm Praemium taps into the wave of planning groups adopting the fixed-fee service model by expanding the features of its V-Wrap service, including a billing system custom-made for fixed-fee advisers. It's taken Praemium 18 months of consultation ...

Super funds need to reset agenda: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Super funds must take control of their priorities and purpose - and address the current "funds management mentality" that prevails in the industry, said Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Superannuation Systems Review. Cooper posed the question of whether ...

IMAP elects chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP), the industry body for managed accounts professionals, has appointed Toby Potter, one of the industry's pioneers, as chair. Tracy Byrne, who helped establish IMAP, is stepping down as chair but will ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The latest ruling against three people posing as "financial advisers" when they weren't licensed as advisers at all exposes the flaw in the current legislative regime where unlicensed professionals can operate outside strict compliance laws Marianna ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

Chinese Australians return to the East

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Chinese Australian investors have never been far from their Chinese roots and portray a different investment mindset to the average Australian investor, as many yearn for bigger exposures to Asia, according to one specialist fund manager. Jonathan Wu ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Life insurer Asteron spearheads a new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Challenger Managed Investments has changed the investment manager of its Asian and China funds from Halbis Capital Management to Five Oceans Asset Management, resulting in a revised investment strategy. Challenger bought HSBC's asset management division ...

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Ipac has appointed $700 million mandates with GMO and Lazard as part of its Australian equities portfolio overhaul. Multi-manager ipac is rehashing its $4 billion Australian equities portfolio with new 'tailored mandates' that allow active managers ...