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Asia-Pac HNWI market approaches US$10 tn: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
The combined wealth of Asia-Pacific's high net worth individuals (HNWI) surged almost 31 per cent in 2009 to US$9.7 trillion, erasing the losses recorded in 2008 and placing the Asian market above Europe for the first time on record, a new survey has ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... for asset management, making it well placed to compete with Hong Kong in the future. The city state's location is also a bonus, as Hong Kong could see it compete with other financial services centres within China such as Beijing for a share of the asset ...

More governance needed on remuneration

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... base pay, bonuses and cash pay, similar to the 2008 and 2007 studies. Incumbent CEOs were also far more likely to receive a bonus last year than the general S&P/ASX 100 CEO sample. For example, seven of the 48 (14.6 per cent) incumbent CEOs received ...

Long-term fixes for super inequity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
Superannuation reforms such as a maternity-linked bonus super payment from the government and a review of the $450 monthly income threshold could go a long way into reducing the savings gap between men and women. The differences in superannuation median ...

Insurance industry on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The insurance industry is hiring aggressively as distribution strategies ramp up - but the number of asset management and advice jobs continue to contract following falling employer confidence and market corrections. According to the latest Hiring Trends ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Major accountant-based financial advisory firms including Count Financial, PIS and Securitor have formed a new alliance in response to draft proposals from the accounting ethical standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from ...

Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Synchron has renewed calls for firms to not limit advisers to a 'tight' list of platforms, products or risk providers to chase volume bonuses. In a press release, Synchron said it was not in advisers or their clients' best interest to artificially limit ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... top talent at the lower end of salary expectations is closing. Jobseekers today have a better chance of negotiating higher bonus payouts and some employers are also signing guarantee payments to retain new staff over one to two years. A separate survey ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has created a team to focus solely on buying other financial planning practice books ahead of the expected regulatory changes that could result in a number of planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... Civil service pay cut -- by 5 per cent in 2010 and frozen next year. The 2,500 birth grant -- Spain's version of the baby bonus -- abolished by 1 January 2011. Public investment reduced by 6.045 billion in 2010 and 2011. Index-linking of pensions -- ...