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Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The financial planning industry's worst nightmare is about to come true with the Ripoll Report recommending advisers become fiduciaries, payments from product providers to planners should cease and that ASIC significantly step up its shadow shopping ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... alphabet. Our economy is doing nicely, thank you very much. Australian retailers are reportedly expecting Santa to come to town this Christmas season. And if ever that dreaded letter 'W' comes, the Reserve Bank is already making preparations by reloading ...

FPA calls for whistleblowers and more planner education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has set up a whistleblowing service and has flagged tougher educational requirements for people who want to become financial planners. Julie Berry, chair at FPA, said the FPA Confidential is an online ...

Oasis let back in the good books

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Cape Town-based Oasis Asset Management, unrelated to a local company by the same name, has been re-instated as a United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory. Oasis Asset Management was delisted as a signatory in August for ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Talk of the town. That's the RBA of course. At a time when other G-20 nations continue to debate the growth alphabet of their own recovery, Australia's central bank declared, 'no mas!' 'No mas' need for keeping interest rates at the emergency level ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... instead of green at the end of the first trading day in October. Yes, it was red all around from New York to Rio and old London town. And just like any other day when equity markets make a big move, the usual suspects are rounded up. News reports are ...

Guardian appoints regional manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Guardian Financial Planning has appointed former Firstchoice national manager Jason Jones as its new regional development manager for Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. "Jason has a strong background in business development and managing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Friday, after US equities declined on a rise in people continuing to claim unemployment benefits and lacklustre sales figures from major retailers. Oil and metals also were lower. At 0714 AEST ...

Private investors on property buying spree

CBRE RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The small end of the market is buying the big end of town, with research showing that private investors and syndicators accounted for two-thirds of all commercial property sales since January this year. The findings were from property group CB Richard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open little changed following a subdued session on Wall Street on Friday that was dominated by profit-taking. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up one ...