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Gunns shares suspended

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... will be announced. "The proposed capital raising is intended to be in the nature of a pro rata entitlements issue, to be made via a prospectus. The capital raising will be material to the Company's financial position and strategy," the company said in ...

Gen Y aiming high: REST

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... quarters of Gen Ys who plan to at least be comfortable in their retirement could make additional contributions to their super via salary sacrifice or the Government co-contribution scheme, or ensure they have just one super fund to save on fees and charges," ...

Direct mandates growth solid: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... reference period. Hedge fund mandates awarded by clients of Towers Watson to direct fund managers was three times higher than via fund of funds with the number of direct private equity mandates close to four times higher than via fund of fund managers. ...

ASIC steps back from social media hard-line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
The new advertising guidelines from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission take a step back from the original consultation paper, which outlined an expectation that online advertisements and social media posts should be self-contained. Policy ...

Planners need to commit to the social media conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
Financial planners are missing out on the opportunity to connect with clients via best-practice websites and social media, according to one expert. Colin Williams, managing director of The Humble Investor, points to over 74,000 Australian searches for ...

Bendigo Wealth opts for scaled advice ahead of FOFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... gap." Bendigo Wealth worked with Provisio Technologies on the new capability to assist planners give advice more efficiently via a phone-based model. "We recognise that FOFA and MySuper have their challenges, but we are determined to ensure the best ...

S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... approved, however, stakeholders should see it as their obligation to make sure as many advisers as possible understand indices via the provision of significant information, argues Maguire. "Advisers should be able to head to a website, look at fact sheets ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
This Greek second bailout issue has become like that 'Pringles' ad - once you pop, you can't stop. Just when we thought that all was hunky-dory with regards to the Grecian circus, errr, crisis -- that the a,-130 billion bailout "hrimata" (money) was ...

Synchron NextGen success firm expands to Sydney

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Enhancers. "NextGen is a program we introduced to encourage younger advisers to join Synchron and to support their development via education, soft skills training, coaching, mentoring and leads generation," Trapnell said. "We are constantly investing ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... margin lending remains the most used geared product, it no longer makes up the largest share of funds borrowed for investments via planners, falling by 2% to 27% in 2011. This was driven primarily by an increase in usage of other gearing approaches ...