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Unlocking the door to adviser education

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... to keep up your education, for yourselves but also to educate the public on what we do," said Kelly. "There is a real problem in Australia, it is an uneducated country. I say that because only two out of every 10 people are seeking advice and we know ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... contraction in both the services and manufacturing sectors accelerating. And if you think this is just happening in the problem periphery - you're wrong - the core looks to be melting too. Germany's manufacturing PMI recorded its first contraction in ...

FOFA reforms are a soft landing

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... relationships, it is adding burden for suburban and regional planning practices and the cost of advice will go up." "The problem is that it will be harder and more costly to access advice," Tim Browne, general manager, CommInsure added to the debate. ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... relationships, it is adding burden for suburban and regional planning practices and the cost of advice will go up." "The problem is that it will be harder and more costly to access advice," Tim Browne, general manager, CommInsure added to the debate. ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... or Portugal or Spain or Italy from asking for the same debt reduction? They'll ask to have what Greece was given. The problem is the longer the Europeans take to implement a credible solution, the messier the whole thing becomes and the further down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The Australian share market continued to trade lower at noon on Tuesday, reversing Monday's gains, amid pessimism overseas about Europe's ability to sort out the region's debt problems. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 72.5 points, or 1.7 per ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... might even get a lending hand bonus from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sounds like a plan. The bad news - the problem has been kicked down the road to this coming weekend (23 October) at the European Union summit in Brussels. The weekend that ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word. Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring..." What's currently happening in Europe reminded me of this lullaby. If you believe the headlines, Slovakia's ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... summit and called for new tax reforms such as increasing the annual concessional superannuation caps and a solution to the problem of excess contributions tax on superannuation. "In SPAA's view, the current, excessively low concessional contribution ...