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Common sense rules in portfolio construction

Investors should not abandon a common sense approach to managing their portfolio after new academic research found that many claims about the superior portfolio construction of fund managers can not be statistically tested or verified. Steve Christie ...

NAB financial planner guilty of fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
A former NAB financial planner has pleaded guilty to 13 criminal counts of dishonest conduct and fraud in the District Court of NSW. Paul Drakos, from the Central Coast in NSW, yesterday entered a guilty plea to eight counts of dishonestly obtaining ...

Praemium joins forces with IWL and Coin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
Recently listed portfolio administration provider Praemium has announced a strategic partnership with IWL and Macquarie's Coin Financial Software in a bid to streamline account administration and management. Using the non-proprietary External Platform ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as softer commodity prices weigh on the previously robust resources sector, although this weakness is expected to be partially offset by some safe haven buying in the financial sector. On the Sydney Futures ...

Print Super rolls out insurance sweeteners

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Print Super has announced significant improvements to its death and total and permanent disability cover for members, as well as a reduction in the cost of salary continuance insurance. The board of the Printing Industry Superannuation Fund, which manages ...

CARE Super opens ASX200 trading for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
Industry super fund CARE Super has announced a new investment option which will allow members to actively invest in ASX200 stocks. Macquarie Equities Limited will provide the functionality and members with account balances of over $10,000 will be able ...

Sydney insurance brokers to stand trial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
Two former insurance brokers from Sydney based Blundell & Associates will stand trial after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) brought charges relating to fraudulent behaviour. Paul Blundell and Richard Blundell will face a ...

Private equity real estate on FIRE for Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton Investments has launched its third Fiduciary International Real Estate (FIRE) Fund designed to invest in unlisted real estate funds around the world. Riding on the back of the growing demand for international property, Franklin Templeton ...

Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
Treasurer Costello's 11th Budget will force financial advisers to focus on investments rather than taxes, attendees at an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday. In his 26th ASFA post-Budget speech, leading economist ...

Electronic banking still lacks traction among over 55s: Commbank

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
Despite the push to promote electronic transactions among wealth management customers, slow take-up of electronic banking by older Australians suggests it still has a long way to go to really gain traction. Michael Cameron, Commonwealth Bank's head ...