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Risky LPTs distorting the sector: Macquarie

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... strategies which ramp up their risk profile, this in turn skews the LPT index towards the riskier end of the scale. The danger, said Dix, is for those who take a broad brush to the sector without realising these differences. "If you've just got an index ...

ASIC defends AMP FP action

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... AMP and the adviser industry at large need to avoid. "The use of commissions and restrictive product lists were also a danger to the quality of advice," he said, referring to ASIC's AMP surveillance findings last week which found that 300 adviser files ...

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
Reverse mortgages should not be handled by anyone but the most qualified and skilled financial planner, and planners as a whole need to attain higher benchmark standards in order to manage the entire financial affairs of their clients. That is the message ...

Reverse mortgages require proper planning: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
Reverse mortgages can be suitable products for people who understand them, but for the unwary they can pose significant dangers. "A reverse mortgage is different to a normal mortgage because you capitalise the interest and the debt can grow quickly ...

Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... surplus expenditure on childcare and infrastructure. Stammer also described the removal of the RBL lump sum tax as a possible danger, paving the way for savings to be "frittered away." "While that may not have a big impact on those with bigger superannuation ...

ASIC releases 'too good to be true' calculator

... return offered by a proposed investment with the relevant sector of the overall market to see if there are any obvious danger signs," he added. The calculator allows comparisons to be made on cash or fixed interest assets for income, property or shares ...

Chinese businesses upbeat but worried about compliance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
Medium-sized businesses in mainland China are optimistic about their immediate future but, like their Australian counterparts, they have majors worries about being held back by red tape and the availability of capital. The findings were revealed in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a slight positive from US leads combines with improved commodity prices to push local stocks to fresh record highs today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was eight ...

Real estate risk: alert, not alarmed

... investment strategist, said that there are many opportunities going forward and that their analysis suggests there is little danger of a real estate bubble being formed. "Based on our analysis, we believe the ingredient that would turn today's high commercial ...

Easy gains over and volatility ahead, warns Oliver

... US share market, but said the fundamentals still looked "okay." Speaking about interest rates, Oliver predicted that the danger of rate hikes in 2006 was present, but more likely to stay on hold. "The RBA now knows it has a very potent weapon in interest ...