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Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Trust is fundamental to the advice relationship - but planners need to ask themselves why they rank so low on the ethics and honesty scale among Australians who don't seek advice, said the AFA. Jim Taggart, national president of the Association of Financial ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
You can almost hear the Wall Street's collective hallelujahs after the US Federal Reserve reported an unexpected fall in industrial production. And no, that is not a typo. Wall Street was actually happy that it was disappointed. Huh? Yes, you read correctly. ...

Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
The ACTU has called on industry funds to keep lowering their fees or risk losing one of their key competitive advantages over retail funds. Tim Lyons, assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions said one of the top challenges facing ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
"...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
One of Canada's largest institutional investors has adopted new technology as it looks to move in-house certain investment operations previously outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's ...

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The issue of whether Australian financial adviser associations should be doing more for their members and how they compare to their US counterparts has cropped up in the industry, with many divided on the topic as to the role an association should play. ...

Introducing foreclosure-gate, the latest risk to a US recovery

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Recent court rulings have cast doubt on millions of mortgage foreclosures across the US, potentially reducing the value of investments held by Australian institutions in related assets. Court rulings across the country have found that millions of securitized ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
Antin Infrastructure Partners has reached its final closing on 30 September, raising $1.57 billion and exceeding its $1.4 billion target. Alain Rauscher, chief executive and managing partner, said the fund raising was initiated at the beginning of 2009 ...

AIA to hire 27 for customer service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
AIA Australia is looking to recruit 27 new permanent full time personnel in the customer service area. The recruitment follows the firm's expansion plans. "Over the past two years we have experienced significant growth in business volumes," said Damien ...

Pengana launches Australian Market Neutral fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010