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Drop commissions or get off APL: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... be on the list," said Helmich. "We've gone to the fund managers now because we want to give them plenty of time to prepare for next year." Similar to the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) stance, the no-commission approach does not ...

ANZ recruits retirement specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... recruited and trained an army of employees to fill a new role; retirement banking specialist, to assist customers prepare for retirement. A retirement banking specialist, while trained to highlight what's available to the bank's customers, do not have ...

Praemium signs on Succession

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... consolidation and capital creation for professional IFA firms in the UK. The firm specialises in helping IFA businesses prepare for the forthcoming new regulation and realise their capital value by transitioning businesses to a best practice model based ...

PM Capital readies for recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... equity analyst. Chris Donohoe, chief executive at PM Capital, said the fund manager is ramping up its operations to prepare for the next phase in the local equity market. "We have built up strong cash levels during times of healthy markets enabling us ...

Planners prepare for retirement shock

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
For all the debate on adviser fees, the future of planners might actually hinge on their soft skills and how well they serve the most influential generation of our time - the baby boomers - predicts a planning expert. Paul McKeon, founder of a business ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... how the world can recover from the financial crisis and what are the short-term and long-term solutions to better prepare for the next bubble. One of his key recommendations was to introduce subsidised financial advice explaining that if the government ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... let us hope that the consumer of last resort succeeds -- and soon -- so it could continue to consume. If it fails, prepare for an Australian recession.

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... that China and other emerging economies are slowing, they are still posting positive growth. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. The problem this time is that most are hoping for the worst and are therefore paralysed into inactivity. Consumers ...

New dynamics, new realities: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Timor-Leste president and Nobel Peace laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta told delegates at the annual ASFA conference to prepare for the "new economic realities", where countries often overlooked in global policy-making such as Saudi Arabia, India and South ...

AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... patterns, but he sees such pricing as unrealistic. Australian businesses readying themselves for the AETS also need to prepare for its impacts on their balance sheets. "Once you get the abatements they will sit on your balance sheet." This will put under ...