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Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
China's economy is overheating that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) had been tightening monetary policy in order to keep inflation under control. The US economy is not growing fast enough - and measured inflation has, thus far, remained benign - that ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
From an $18 billion asset consultancy in 2000 to the $100 billion behemoth today, Frontier Investment Consulting is all grown up - and it is finding new ways to deliver more value to its clients. This week Frontier's managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is trading at six-and-a-half month lows at noon, with investor confidence low due to instability in world markets and the effects of the crisis in Japan. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 6.7 points lower at ...

Flare up over MoneySmart

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The MoneySmart website, launched this week, has already sparked up old flames between super funds and advisers when the site recommended consumers choose advisers who work on a fee-for-service basis. "In our opinion, the fee-for-service model is generally ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
There are better ways to deliver the aims of MySuper than those currently being explored by the government, super fund experts said. Shifting the focus from fees to the total profit that funds extract from MySuper products and even limiting that amount ...

ASIC slaps seven-year ban on planner

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) adviser, Don Nguyen, from providing financial services for seven years. Nguyen worked as a financial adviser at CFP between 1 October ...

MTAA Super hires former Vic premier

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Former Victorian premier John Brumby has taken on the role as chairman of MTAA Super. The role, which commences April 4, was appointed to Brumby due, in part, to his extensive history in the infrastructure sector, a key part of MTAA Super's investment ...

ASIC brings charges against Opes Prime chief

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Former Opes Prime Stockbroking chief executive and director, Lirim (Laurie) Emini, has pleaded not guilty to 26 charges brought on by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Now committed to stand trial, Emini, 47, is facing 22 ...

AUSCOAL and Maritime drop merger talks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
AUSCOAL Super and Maritime Super have decided not to merge, opting instead to pursue more strategic partnerships, for now. In a joint statement, Maritime Super fund chair Paddy Crumlin and AUSCOAL Super's Arthur Weston said that their fund members would ...

SMSFs increase reliance on ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
SMSFs are expected to continue raising their allocation into exchange traded funds (ETFs) as a way to ensure low-cost, long-term returns. Almost 50 per cent of financial advisers are now using or evaluating ETFs within their investment portfolios, research ...