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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Treasurer Costello has given notice that at the forthcoming November Group of 20 (G20) meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Melbourne there will be fertile discussion about the oil market and the need for a stronger institutional ...

Hyperion chairman abdicates

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... citing future potential conflicts of interest risks. Kiefel said there could be future conflicts between Hyperion's part owner Wilson HTM Investment Group's future growth strategies and his other interests, which include local marketing for offshore ...

ASIC defends AMP FP action

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeffrey Lucy, defended the regulator's decision to avoid a court action in preference of handing out an enforceable undertaking to AMP Financial Planning yesterday, flagging an increased ...

Industry pleads for greater professionalism

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
The wealth management industry is in transition and now is the time to strive for greater professionalism, said industry identities at the opening session of the IFSA annual conference yesterday. In a panel session which neatly delved into the issues ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

The country's peak building and construction group fears the Reserve Bank's move to lift interest rates by 0.25 per cent represents a financial blow that many home owners can ill afford. Wilhelm Harnisch, chief executive of Master Builders Australia ...

Fin planners need to re-think succession strategy

Accountancy and advisory firm HLB Mann Judd is calling for financial planning practice owners to re-assess their business approach if they want to maximise the value of their firm come retirement. Bob Neill, partner, corporate finance financial services ...

Navigator names its top five Aussies

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Navigator Research has revealed its top five Australian equity funds and has included three more boutique managers this year. The top five funds from a pool of 31, all receiving a five star rating, were Ausbil Australian Active Equity Fund, Barclays ...

Westpac offloads $300bn sub-custody business to HSBC

Westpac Banking Corporation has announced it is to sell its sub-custody business in Australia and New Zealand, with assets under custody of over $300 billion, to HSBC for $150 million. "We believe that custody is increasingly an international business ...

Leyland opens Melb office to meet IMA demand

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Stockbroking and equity manager group Leyland Private Asset Management (Leylands) is expanding into Melbourne with plans to grow its individually managed accounts (IMA) business. Leyland co-founder, Charles Leyland, will move to Melbourne along with ...

Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Competent is a long way from professional, professional is not something that should be prescribed by the regulators and, as an industry, we've had our focus all wrong, according to Financial Services Educators Agency Australia (FSEAA) general manager ...