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NAB FP to increase planner nums 20 pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
NAB Financial Planning (NAB FP) is set to add 100 financial planners by September as it builds out its business focus to target small and emerging business customers. The financial planning group is training a large number of its planners on advanced ...

ASIC strikes $67.45m in Westpoint settlement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reached a settlement agreement, handing investors in the Westpoint Group an additional $67.45 million in compensation. The latest stage of the litigation process was carried out on behalf ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Better the mole you expect. America's still whacking its mole of tepid economic growth with the twin hammers of the US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 and the Obama administration's fiscal largesse. So far these twin hammers appear to be doing ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Research published last week reveals fierce resistance from financial advisers to adopt the proposed annual 'opt-in' reforms, arguing the approach could do more damage than not to their clients' portfolios and impose more compliance burden on their ...

Super contribs to SMSFs down, asset alloc steady

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
SMSF contributions fell by more than 20 per cent in the last quarter - following similar patterns throughout last year, new research shows. According to figures from Multiport, the December quarter saw the average inflow of contributions to SMSFs decrease ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
I'm sure I've seen this movie before. Most of you have too. It was shown on monitors near you at about this time last year. Yes, my dear Virginia, the film, "The Fed and other developed country central banks will start withdrawing policy - possibly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon, dragged down by resources stocks on a weak overseas lead and after BHP Billiton said its coal production had been hampered by Queensland's floods. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
The Australian market is receiving no strong leads on Tuesday morning, with Wall Street closed for a public holiday. On the ASX 24 at 0629 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was three points higher at 4,748. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Top mandate winners woo super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... number of mandates completed over a year to the end of last September was 291 - a 40 per cent drop from the year to September '09. This shows that asset owners are yet to re-enter the mandate market in full force, after intense strategy reviews during ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
While tragic events in Queensland have forced the likes of Suncorp and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the ...