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Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... equities and would have seen $2000 lost from their account balance on Friday. More notably though, Cooper pointed out that four times between the years 2000 and 2010, the super account balance of the average member of the average fund ended the year ...

ANZ fears regulation could hamper scaled advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... his view since last year, now expecting higher number of planners to exit the industry, as dealership groups move with the times. "Dealership services has to move from bland dealership solutions to next generation services, using technology to allow ...

Industry looks to draw line under reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... said the lack of clarity around legislation had caused people to take their eye of the ball while debating the unknown. "At times we (the industry) spend too much time arguing between ourselves and not enough time being innovative and listening directly ...

ASIC commissioner new chief of FOS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... his work with ASIC. "As a commissioner, Shane worked on some of ASIC's most important projects through their most crucial times, including supervision of ASX following the successful transition to ASIC in August 2010, and now, competition in equity markets ...

Perpetual downgraded as FUM redistributed

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... options for Sevior's return. "We are looking at options for John [Sevior] on his return from leave. His role has changed many times over the years he has been at Perpetual and its not a fait accomplis that he would come back to his exact same role," ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... suspicious of Europe. Remember the "fool me once..." saying? The Europeans have not only fooled us once, not twice nor three times but thanks to my archives, I've counted five times overt the past year and half - six if you include last week's. Yes ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... thrills and spills but when it comes to the final buzzer, we all know that the final call would be "deal!" The New York Times reported last night that US President Obama (Democrat) and House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) were nearing a "major budget ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... long-term funding costs and increasing the burden on the American taxpayer." You can read his letter (published by the New York Times) here: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/what-happens-if-the-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised/ Least ugly sister. ...

PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... than fixed rate bonds in a rising yield environment." Dorrian said that bonds could also provide subtlety to a portfolio in times of market uncertainty. "Actively managed bond funds are also flexible compared to term deposits because they can move in ...

Fidelity sees market ripe for growth investments

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... Wesfarmers and Commonwealth Bank. "I think in Australia the overall market is pretty attractively priced, valued back below 12 times with some good quality companies with strong balance sheets and growth prospects," said Taylor. "Everything is getting ...