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Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... bullish attitudes we are seeing," he said, reminding investors that "business cycles still exist and there would be "hard times" in the future. "Investors need to be conscious of risk, particularly now when we have had such a huge revaluation in asset ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... telemarketing support plus the individuals seeing the actual adviser. It is a process that has been successfully adopted many times in the past, certainly by myself, and in my own experience, never ever have I acted where we give advice without first ...

Frontier appoints four new analysts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... resources." "At Frontier we like to hire analysts and guide them to more senior roles, just like we have done in recent times with some of our analysts becoming associate consultants." Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing director of Frontier Investment Consulting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... of England... due to losses related to US sub-prime woes," RBC senior currency strategist Sue Trinh said. The Financial Times reported that the UK's fourth-largest home lender would be given a short-term credit line from the UK Financial Services Authority ...

Seven page PDS insurance breakthrough

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... and should have to pay for it," he said. For example, you don't need an adviser to tell you your sum insured should be 10 times your annual salary, said Poole. "We also shortened the PDS to seven pages, even with no 'incorporation by reference'," said ...

Super fund members want a safe bet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... between 30 and 50 were more likely to seek a high risk/high return strategy than any other age group. It found men were three times more likely to take risks at 22 percent compared to females at just 7 per cent. Quadrant said the latest US sub-prime ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... author of the Mandate Chaser Report, said "funds now average 19 mandates each but mega funds routinely have more than five times this number." But the biggest funds often have more than 100 mandates with no hint of the trend abating, he said. Keevers ...

PIS pre-empts NZ adviser surge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... approval by New Zealand regulatory bodies and the Professional Investment Holdings board, would value PIS NZ shares at five times their issue value. Bennetts said the deal was a sign of the company's faith in the future growth of PIS NZ, and in its staff. ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Pacific Economic Cooperation summit of world leaders, kicking off this Friday till September 9, is expected to cause chaos 50 times worse than that of US Vice President Dick Cheney's visit earlier this year. Those involved in security arrangements have ...

Web 2.0 just the next step: iFocus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... said. "Web 2.0 allows a business to engage their audience like never before. It's like having a focus group available at all times yet more forthright." Cunnington acknowledged that focus groups are known for being inaccurate, but Web 2.0 allows for ...