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TrailCap tracks hidden commissions

InvestSMART's new trailing commission tracking device, TrailCap, has reported $40 million in investments since the program launched in June 2005. TrailCap does not require that investors switch out of their existing funds and they do not and cannot ...

FPA releases Good Advice guide

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has released its 'Good Advice' guide as part of its ongoing campaign to raise public awareness of the benefits of using a financial adviser. The 16-page booklet contains information on who needs a financial planner ...

Twin strategy needed to boost super savings: ABA

The Australian Bankers Association (ABA) has called for a twin strategy to boost retirement savings in Australia. In its presentation to a Parliamentary Committee investigating how we can boost superannuation savings among gen-X and Y, the ABA has said ...

The Future Fund for art's sake: NGA

How would a Picasso or a van Gogh look sitting alongside equities, bonds, listed property trusts and cutting-edge investments in the $16 billion Future Fund? Ron Radford, Director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), has come out saying that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead from offshore suggest further weakness for the local market heading into the end of the week. Precious and base metal prices were weaker and oil prices also surrendered ground, placing ...

Macquarie automates wrap downloads for planners

Macquarie Adviser Services has introduced automated downloads from its Macquarie Wrap Solutions platform available to desk top financial planning software, Coin and XPLAN. The time saving feature means that financial planners already using Coin or XPLAN ...

FPA launches consumer advice campaign

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched its long awaited consumer campaign aimed at demonstrating the value-add of why consumers should use a financial adviser. The campaign, to be fully integrated across television, print and the internet ...

State Street launches global alpha strategy

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has launched a new Global Alpha Plus Strategy aimed at seeking active returns in global equities. The investment strategy which claims to be higher-risk ...

Morningstar sees benefits in Tyndall's active approach

Tyndall's Australian Share Wholesale Portfolio (TASWP) provides the greatest diversification benefit away from the index compared with many active Australian equity managers according to a Morningstar report. The report, commission by Tyndall, was developed ...

Fincorp pulled up by ASIC for misleading advertising

Another advertising campaign has been pulled up by ASIC this week, this time with the retail based financial group Fincorp Investments being issued with an Enforceable Undertaking for misleading statements. Fincorp's advertising campaign, which appeared ...