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Borat movie and bank credit demand push Kazakhstan centre stage

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... increasing reliance on foreign funding to fund this growth could pose significant risks for the sector. Dmitri Angarov, associate director in Fitch's Financial Institutions group, said, "Such rapid ongoing and planned expansion, especially in areas which ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... multi-strategy approach in itself is no replacement for doing the research properly," said MacDonald. Andrew Keevers, associate director of research at Rainmaker said more super funds are increasing their weightings to absolute returns but inconsistency ...

Financial Wisdom trumpets its Platinum Advantage

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Financial Wisdom's Platinum Advantage program has so far been a resounding success with affiliated planners and their clients. The Platinum Advantage program offers Financial Wisdom advisers and their clients access to special retail discounts and offers ...

CommSec launches over-the-counter CFDs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
CommSec has announced the launch of a new over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFD) product to meet the needs of investors hungry for more CFD trading opportunities. Matt Comyn, CommSec general manager, said the new CommSec CFD offering would ...

ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

Multiport SMSF receives UK pension roll-over approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Multiport and Vantage Financial have partnered to facilitate tax efficient UK pension fund transfers to Australia. SMSF provider Multiport and migration financial consultancy Vantage Financial have worked together to gain approval under the UK's Qualifying ...

Boost your business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
The average age of advisory practice principals is 58 and half expect to exit their businesses within the next two years. To do this on terms that advisers will accept mean they have to convert their practices into businesses that can be operated by ...

Super fund ARIA buys Chifley Square

Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), the super fund for Australian government employees, showed it is serious about direct property after shelling out $84.5 million for a 92 per cent stake in 1 Chifley Square, an iconic building at the heart ...

ING Australia disappoints

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
ANZ's return on equity from its wealth management subsidiary, ING Australia, has not met the hurdle rate set for it, ANZ chief executive, John McFarlane, said yesterday. McFarlane said none of the big banks were getting "a lot of value" from their wealth ...

AXA's value of advice translating into happy customers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Research commissioned by AXA Financial Planning to gauge the success of its 'value of advice' strategy found that more than 90 per cent of clients were so happy with their adviser they would recommend them to friends and colleagues. The study was undertaken ...