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Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Markets rise and fall, taking investors on an emotional roller coaster ride - but the deepest trap lies in their irrational 'fear', notes a behavioural finance expert. US-based Russell Investment Group senior portfolio strategist, Stephen Wood, acknowledged ...

Finsia opens doors to experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Finsia has created a mentoring program for its members to provide them with career advice and allow them to meet industry veterans. The 16-week Finsia Mentoring Program costs $600 and is only available to Finsia members across Australia and New Zealand. ...

SimCorp edges back to front

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Financial service technology provider SimCorp is expanding its front-end technology offering to provide a more streamlined information product to its clients. Peter Hill, managing director at SimCorp, said the company previously offered a front of house ...

Kofoed leaves QSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
QSuper's chief strategy officer, Don Kofoed, as announced his resignation from the super fund after four years in the position. Kofoed has been appointed chief executive at Victorian Emergency Services and State Super fund (ESSSuper) beginning in March ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Stock market jitters and uncertainty in credit market, interest rates and inflation are all coming together to stall IPO activity, according to a survey just released by Deloitte. Steve Woosnam, Deloitte corporate finance partner, said while IPO seem ...

Fiducian FP attracts HNW clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Fiducian financial planners have refined their skills and are attracting more high net worth investors than ever before. Indy Singh, managing director at Fiducian, said the company previously focused on delivering simple effective financial advice but ...

AMF seals deal with Client Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
AllMyFunds (AMF) has sealed a strategic alliance with financial adviser group Client Wealth in a partnership that that will see both firms leverage off each other's assets. Queensland-based AMF will utilise Client Wealth's financial services license ...

Szondy joins Frontier

Gabriel Szondy has been appointed as a director to the board of Frontier Investment Consulting (Frontier). Szondy joins the board as the representative of one of Frontier's shareholders, AustralianSuper. His current positions include director at Care ...

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The emerging markets property sector continues to outdo the developing markets property sector, according to a Standard & Poor's report. The Standard & Poor's Global Property & REIT Quarterly report found the S&P/Citigroup Global Property Index fell ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief investment officer, Leo de Bever, delivers on the strategy he outlined a year ago after the fund's allocation to external fund managers falls from 100 per cent before he joined to almost 75 per cent ...