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Unlocking the door to adviser education

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Jordan Hawke, executive general manager of Asteron announced the winner of the AFA Excellence in Education Award yesterday and said he was "blown away" by the calibre of nominees and how they transferred their educational skill sets to their communities. ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... recapitalisation, it'll deal with Greek debt and, it'll boost the size of the EFSF rescue fund from a,-440 bil to a,-1 tril. Yes, we've heard all these before. And before I forget, news reports report that there is now "near agreement" on the size of ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Quiet please, EU meeting in progress. Yes Virginia, they're still at it. Two years on and Europe's back at the negotiating table trying to dig their way out of the hole first dug by Greece in October 2009. One begins to wonder how they were able consummate ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Make that October 26 - maybe. Yes folks the can has been kicked further down the road to nowhere. Less than five days ago -- at the end of the G20 Summit in Paris -- there was optimism in the air, there seems to be consensus among the top 20 moneymen ...

Privacy Commissioner opens investigation into First State Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Inquiries are underway after the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, said there will be an investigation into the First State Super security breach as the fund notifies its entire 770,000 member base. The commissioner weighed in on the ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... code-breakers of policy pronouncements, divine the future when policy-makers themselves don't know where and how to get there. Yes, it's still all about Europe and rumours about gossips over leaks of plans for a plan. I have had enough of discussions ...

Matrix adds new member firm

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
Matrix Planning Solutions has added Sydney based Macquarie Partners Financial Advisory to its existing network of member firms. Established two years ago by business principal and managing director Sunhee Hres, Macquarie Partners Financial Advisory ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... jumped off my seat when Bloomberg flashed before my very eyes the headline, "China Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in 2 Years". Yes, that single engine responsible for whatever little growth we have in the globe today grew "at the slowest pace in 2 years." ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
"Dreams that everything will be resolved and dealt with by next Monday cannot be fulfilled." Dream on. With these words, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble crushed financial market optimism that everything will be smooth sailing by this time ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... talking about the weekend meeting in Paris of the Group of 20 biggest and most powerful moneymen in the world, of course. Yes Virginia, we were kept in suspense this past weekend to be told that, they have a plan for a plan. The good news - there are ...