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Dob in a fraud: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Notice a fraud activity at your super fund? Members of the US' largest public pension fund CalPERS can now complain about fraudsters following the launch of an ethics helpline. The helpline will enable the pension fund to receive tips, concerns and ...

ASIC targets MIS operators

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
MIS operators Frederick Leslie Hansen and William John Meywes from Global Rule have come under ASIC fire for managing an unregistered managed investment scheme. ASIC has obtained interim orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in relation to Global ...

ASIC reaches sixth Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ASIC has reached another Westpoint settlement, this time against Barzen Pty Ltd (formerly Dukes Financial Services) and Joseph Dukes for $1 million. The settlement is subject to the approval of the Federal Court. If approved by the court, the Dukes' ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
The time is ripe for super funds trustees and boards to re-assess the competence and skills of their consultants when it comes to socially responsible investing strategies given the breadth and depth of the sector today, said an expert. Matthew Kiernan ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Financial planners need greater education on term deposits according to research - but the chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) questions some of the research assumptions and said planners are already 'well trained' in the correct use of ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Equity risk appetite is back in positive territory among institutional investors - a trend planners sitting on the cash fence should pay heed to or risk clients missing out on the upside, an expert told 400 advisers and investors at an Asgard forum. ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Dealer group Synchron's training conference next month for its financial advisers will be run entirely on an iPad, setting a technological milestone in the planning industry. Some 50 financial advisers who are attending the group's Next Generation Training ...

Receivers appointed to Willmott Forests

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The fate of around 8,000 investors' $400 million investments in MIS scheme provider Willmott Forests remains up in the air, as the firm's financiers - CBA and St.George - yesterday appointed receivers to the company. Bryan Webster, Mark Korda and Mark ...

Fixed income prone to emotion-led choices

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
According to the fourth research paper on "Greed and Fear" released by Tyndall Investments, investor psychology is very much a force in today's fixed income market - not just in equities. Tyndall noted that investors need to adopt long-term strategies ...