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Pinnacle nabs former Wilson HTM head of wealth mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
Alex Ihlenfeldt, former head of wealth management for Wilson HTM Investment Group, has joined Pinnacle Investment Management as chief operating officer to build growth opportunities for fund managers. Ihlenfeldt has over ten years experience with Wilson ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Economic uncertainty in the Middle East following uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt show how intertwined the global economy is with geopolitics, making more volatility the only certainty. First the background. According to a briefing note put out yesterday ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

PC recommends govt-backed aged care equity release

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A Productivity Commission draft report into aged care said there are a number of options to improve aged care funding including the establishment of aged care savings accounts, using superannuation benefits and encouraging the use of equity release ...

ASIC outlines philosophy behind policy framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Financial planners who continue to think holistic advice is the default advice model are holding themselves back from seizing emerging opportunities, an ASIC report said. Early in January, ASIC released their Access to Financial Advice report that outlined ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
APRA has released its 2010 fund level data league tables, showing that measured by the controversial 'whole of fund' metric that Australia's top funds are the corporate funds Goldman Sachs, CommBank Officers and Worsely Alumina. Sitting in fourth, fifth ...

Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Indonesian stock market was the Asia region's top performer in 2010, posting gains of 45 per cent, but the surge of foreign-sourced investment inflows has prompted the Indonesian government to reassess the size and depth of its debt and equity markets. ...

Platforms climb back from GFC to $399bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Platform funds under advice (FUA) climbed 9.5 per cent to $399 billion in the 12 months to end September 2010, confirming they have fully recovered their GFC losses, reveals research just released by Rainmaker. This platform growth broadly matched superannuation's ...

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
So much for Australia's vision of itself as a world financial centre as Oprah has shown that all the world wants from us is Kangaroos, Koalas, sunny beaches and iron ore. Or is that the wrong way to look at the frenzy now supposedly gripping the nation ...

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Treasurer Wayne Swan's banking reform is also a warning of what could be in store for superannuation. Yesterday the Treasurer released his long awaited reform package and while it wasn't aimed at super funds and wealth managers, if some of the key consumer ...