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Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators and the pioneers. Early next month the Australian Centre for ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
That dreaded "I" word is making a comeback into market players' psyche. Inflation is lurking just around the corner - at least for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China ...

AXA's North man joins NAB

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Andrew Barnett, the man who led the team behind AXA Asia Pacific's successful North platform and product range, has joined NAB this week to head up the bank's new retirement solutions team. Barnett, formerly head of structured solutions at AXA, has ...

Top mandate winners woo super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Macquarie, Schroders and BlackRock were the top three top fund managers to win the most investment mandates last year, as Australia's $1.3 trillion superannuation industry gears up for more mandate deals this year, new research shows. The latest Rainmaker ...

Government unveils response to Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... super funds side of the fence, the government reaffirmed its decision to allow SMSFs to invest in collectables, including art. This is contrary to Cooper's recommendation that the acquisition of collectables and personal use assets by SMSF trustees be ...

Advisers must unite against AusFin

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on the profession to stand strong and united following the launch on 2 December of a powerful new group calling itself the Australian Financial Integrity Network (AusFin). AusFin counts amongst ...

Praemium plans Australian Sharia service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Praemium will launch an Australian Sharia-compliant service in the next quarter after working with the Islamic Bank of Britain to introduce the UK's only Sharia-compliant retail Discretionary Portfolio Service. Praemium, a financial portfolio administration ...

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon as investors worried about debt issues in Europe and tensions on the Korean peninsula. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 23.1 points, or 0.50 per cent, at 4,566.0, while the broader All ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... reports show that American businesses are already awash with cash. Just last night, Oracle announced that it has agreed to buy Art Technology Group for US$1 billion in cash. American businesses are merging and acquiring. Liquidity is not the problem ...