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PIS could face class action over "inadequate" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... ploughed approximately $25 million into the Brooklyn Park Organic Olive Groves Bonni-Foi project, a managed investment scheme (MIS) that collapsed when the responsible entity, Australian Green & Gold announced its intention to wind up the scheme in September ...

Investors risk being left behind by renewable energy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Investors globally are underestimating the risk of being left behind by climate change, renewable energy and other environmental trends, according to Nanuk Asset Management director Paul Chadwick. Nanuk manages a long/short thematic global equity fund ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
I thought this would happen, but not to happen so soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Now that's what I'm talkin' bout. Only yesterday, I was practically begging for it.A Today I got it.A Oh baby, I've got it!A "S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Reuters).A "S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Bloomberg). This because Uncle Sam's going ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a plunge on Wall Street as the US investors eye possible military intervention in Syria. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 55 points at 5,068. ...

Withdrawal anxiety

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013

NAB embroiled in £1.3 billion UK bank scandal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Australia Bank (NAB) owned Scottish bank Clydesdale Bank is one of 13 UK banks that will have to pay back customers after they mis-sold protection for identity theft and credit card fraud. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday announced that ...

IPA joins Kaplan in support of ASIC adviser training stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
A focus on demographic megatrends makes it possible to make earnings forecasts beyond investment analysts' typical three-year horizon, creating opportunities to take advantage of mispriced stocks, according to Fidelity portfolio managers Hilary Natoff ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuants and lower-income shareholders could be coughing up $1.6 billion towards the Coalition's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, it has emerged. The Coalition has said it will, in part, pay for the PPL through a 1.5% levy on business earnings ...