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Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Dive! Dive! Dive! You've heard the news - our very own currency is top of the pops no more, it's made one hell of celebrity splash over the past week as it fell below parity against the big dollar and continued to head down ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The terms "financial planner" and "financial adviser" took a step closer to being enshrined in law after a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) was asked to provide a report on the issue. With the Coalition confirming they would not oppose the bill ...

AQR Global Risk Premium Trust opens to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
AQR Capital Management (AQR) has introduced a new unit class to its within the AQR Global Risk Premium Trust in a bid to attract Australian retail investors. The new Class 1F units come with additional disclosure and a lower minimum investment of $25,000. ...

BT expands Wrap Capital Protection funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
BT Financial Group has expanded the list of managed funds eligible for Wrap Capital Protection as a response to the demand for more retirement-based products. The number of funds accessible from BT's platform has almost doubled, and has gone from 80 ...

Australian Ethical director resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
As foreshadowed at the Australian Ethical Investment (AEI) AGM in November last year, director Justine Hickey has resigned effective immediately. Hickey was the longest serving AEI board member (having been appointed in March 2007), and made the decision ...

Future Fund appoints head of debt and alternatives

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Future Fund has promoted David George to the role of head of debt and alternatives following the resignation of Mitchell Stack in November 2012. George was previously a director in the Future Fund debt and alternatives team and has been with the ...

SelfWealth benchmarking index outperforms ASX200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
SelfWealth's own index, the SW200 which allows investors to compare the performance of their portfolios directly with other users of the community, has outperformed the ASX200. The SW200 takes the top 200 stocks by weight, from the top 200 portfolios ...

CommSec appoints head of adviser services

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Online broker CommSec has appointed former Investment Trends chief operating officer Eric Blewitt to lead CommSec Adviser Services. Prior to Investment Trends, Eric managed Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's leveraged equities margin lending business. "Eric ...

Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The problems consumers have encountered with mobile banking applications may inform the financial services industry as it looks to produce its own investment and superannuation apps. According to BanterMob director of mobile marketing and strategy Kelly ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
It's getting close. It's less than two weeks away. Then we're in May -- that month of the year when the old Wall Street adage tells investors everywhere to sell and go away. And right on cue, the financial news are getting gloomier. We've already touched ...