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Planning firm invests in property to widen appeal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... before taking the plunge into property. "A lot of the information about property trends is generated by sellers and their agents and many of the surveys we read deliver findings to suit a particular agenda - which is not necessarily the buyer's," he ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... reported on a consolidated basis that encompasses all the SMSF's investments. "So these sorts of alliances [between property agents and planners] provide planners with opportunities to broaden their revenue by providing strategic advice on a range of ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... headlines. And this is bad. This is because it could start another bout of self-feeding negativism among economic and market agents. But this bad news could also force money and fiscal policy makers into quicker, more resolute action. And this is goo ...

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... Collection, which provides debt collection services, investor home loans and landlord services. Landlords, real estate agents and property developers entered into a referral agreement with the company via a broker, ASIC said. ASIC said Burnell breached ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... laissez faire is an economic ism stipulating that the government should not intervene in legal transactions between economic agents. This philosophy is closely tied with Adam Smith's "invisible hand". Smith postulated that an economic system that allows ...

ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... stipulated that ASIC's role would be collaborated by the Tax Practitioners Board to create unified standards between tax agents and financial planners who deliver tax advice. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten met with ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... chief executive. The purchase agreement includes a number of commitments that offer important protections for employees and agents, according to an AIG statement. For example, the agreement specifies that the new owner maintain existing compensation ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... or don't, these financial market Nostradamuses have now unleashed the beast of higher borrowing costs. Rational economic agents would now start thinking about reducing spending and saving in preparation for tighter money ahead just as they did last year. ...

Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... value. The most common way of establishing fair market value is through a competitive bidding process, whereby bidding agents search for the appropriate investment vehicle for a municipality. In its order, the SEC found that the bidding process was not ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... of the lag time between when monetary policy is changed and when that change alter the behaviour of rationale economic agents. So there is a problem with reducing inflation at the appropriate time Ben. Having said that, no one really expected Big Benny ...

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QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:35PM
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) spent $32 million to back Pacific Equity Partners' (PEP) acquisition of ATOM Group, an industrial and safety goods distributor.

Lazard enters local ETF industry with infra offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |   12:35PM
Lazard Asset Management is now offering ETFs in Australia, kicking off with a global listed infrastructure active ETF.

Performance test covers managed accounts, SMAs: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:30PM
The prudential regulator is reminding trustees that managed accounts and separately managed accounts (SMAs) are high on its radar when administering the performance test.

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:29PM
Perceptor data has revealed the state of financial services salaries in its most recent review.

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