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Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia in November 2014, he sparked such enthusiasm among politicians and citizens that for a few days all we could see in the media was his friendly, bearded smile. Indian citizens in Australia were ...

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Australian investors are coy about putting their money to work both overseas and locally according to global asset manager Legg Mason. Although weighted averages suggest investor confidence in Australia is high, it appears investors in the lucky country ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
It's bad, it's bad, it's bad you know it. They say bad news come in threes - we've got all three at the end of last week. Greece running out of money and reform deal still looks unlikely heading into its meeting with 'the institutions' four days and ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Seniors advocate group COTA Australia is encouraged that politicians and the broader community are realising the importance and inter-relation of superannuation, taxation, and age pension policies. COTA chief executive Ian Yates recently said the policies ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AllianceBernstein has been awarded a $100 million mandate from VicSuper for its Emerging Consumer strategy. "The Emerging Consumer strategy will diversify our emerging-market equities exposure. We were impressed by the product's uniqueness," said VicSuper ...

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Demand for exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding fixed income is set to increase on a low rate environment, iShares director Jonathan Howie said. Howie told Financial Standard that demand for BlackRock's three fixed income ETFs has increased since mid-2014. ...

Separate risk advisers from other planners: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
A life insurance policy has more in common with car insurance policies than with an investment portfolio and therefore risk advisers should be kept separate from other financial planners, Synchron director Don Trapnell argued. "For some reason, risk ...

Advisers help construction workers build their wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The end of the mining boom has sparked the need for construction workers to seek financial advice to build their wealth, with a number of financial planning firms already targeting them. "We're talking about people who are really busy all the time ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day... I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way?" Mario, Mario, Mario Talkin' 'bout Q-E Q-E. Yes Virginia, he did it. Super Mario brought sunshine to the financial markets on this, a cold and cloudy Frankfurt day. ...

FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Check out the latest edition of the FS Advice newsletter here Last week, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's outburst about financial planning got everyone talking. He used the words "absolutely appalling" when referring to the fact that Australian consumers ...