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New MD as Wilson HTM restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
Wilson HTM Investment Group has ushered David Groth in as its new chief executive as the firm restructures its strategic relationship with Deutsche Bank. Groth's appointment follows the resignation of Garry Lowrey as managing director. According to ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
There were no surprises contained in the Fed's statement after it concluded its two-day FOMC meeting overnight. Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief. One down! "The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Slow cooked. Is the Reserve Bank of Australia slowly boiling the Australian economy alive? I refer, of course, to the story of the 'boiling frog' - often used as an anecdote to describe the financial markets' failure to respond to significant modifications ...

Macq reveals exec pay proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Macquarie Group capped off the half-year with a string of major acquisitions and more detail on their proposed remuneration structure first flagged in March. In describing their plan to continue their transformation from investment bank to a properly ...

FOS swamped with complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is changing how it deals with investments, life insurance and superannuation complaints to cope with rising complaint volumes, particularly in financial planning. The service noted it saw a 77 per cent increase ...

Push for redemption freeze lifts: PASL

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Super fund trustees should not be afraid to challenge redemption freezes and question the validity of the Responsible Entity model if it's in their members' interests, said Professional Associations Superannuation Fund (PASL). PASL made the comments ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...

Disclosing conflicts not enough: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
A draft Prudential Practice Guide on conflicts of interest released by APRA has fired a shot over the bow of every entity they regulate, warning that simply disclosing conflicts of interest is not a valid defence. Instead, entities must demonstrate ...

Lonsdale provides practice tools

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Lonsdale Financial Group has launched a new practice management tool to help the group's financial planners to make their businesses more efficient and improve their overall service to clients. The group's practice management division, Catalyst Strategic ...