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Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at yesterday's AllianceBernstein's symposium. Doug Peebles, chief investment officer and head of AllianceBernstein's ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Morningstar's co-head of fund research Tim Murphy caused a stir at the research firm's investment conference when he showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Extended relief for compulsory pension fund draw-downs, encouragement for super funds to invest in infrastructure and a reiteration of the promise to increase the super guarantee to 12 per cent were functions of a budget that commentators labeled bland. ...

New Westpac chairman announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Ted Evans, Westpac Chairman, has announced his decision to retire and his successor was revealed to be fellow board member, Lindsay Maxsted. Mr. Evans joined Westpac's Board in 2001 and became Chairman in 2007. "With the success of the St.George merger ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Wednesday, following upbeat performances in markets broadly overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0659 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 47 points higher at 4,766. In economics news, markets ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... returns are falling rolling 12 month returns from Australian shares and international shares due the 12 per cent increase in the AUD relative to the USD," he said. Australian shares returned just 3.8 per cent for the past 12 months compared to 9 per ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... returns are falling rolling 12 month returns from Australian shares and international shares due the 12 per cent increase in the AUD relative to the USD," he said. Australian shares returned just 3.8 per cent for the past 12 months compared to 9 per ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
ASIC has refused to confirm or deny whether research houses who gave five-star ratings or positive reports on fraud funds Trio Capital and Astarra are being investigated. But industry insiders say the corporate watchdog is conducting a high-level investigation ...

UK FSA fines false advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011