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Equity Trustees calls for more from teeth behind RE reforms

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Financial services firm Equity Trustees has welcomed the regulator's call for tighter rules around RE licensing and said any reforms must match the increasing complexities of fund products now available to investors. Harvey Kalman, head of funds management ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

Scammer targets AMP and AXA investors

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
ASIC has issued warnings to AMP and AXA investors to watch out for unsolicited shares offers from Hassle Free Share Sales. ASIC has put a stop order against Hassle Free Shares Sales, preventing the firm from making offers to buy AMP and AXA Asia Pacific ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
So where's the September curse now, 'ey? With just four trading days to go, Wall Street may have forgotten that this month is statistically and historically the worst month for stocks. Not that nobody tried to remind investors, there were plenty of ...

Industry assoc review goals and growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
From ASFA to AIST and SPAA, FPA to the AFA - there are more than 40 associations representing the financial services sector, prompting industry professionals to question the need for multiple associations, and whether mergers should be on the cards. ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Recent reforms to India's pension system could foster a "shareholder society" that will underpin the country's equity markets for years to come, market watchers say. India, like most emerging market economies, has no universal retirement safety net. ...

Aust Unity to buy Westpac FML

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Australian Unity Investment (AUI) buys Westpac Funds Management Limited (WFML), taking its total property funds under management to $1.7 billion. WFML is the responsible entity of the Westpac Diversified Property Fund (WDPF), with AUI agreeing to a ...

Light at the end of the Storm tunnel

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Slater & Gordon expects all Storm Financial claims lodged with the law firm to be finalised by the end of this year. According to a Slater & Gordon statement, more than 900 Storm Financial claims have been finalised and 1,500 investors compensated by ...

ANZ to compensate Storm victims

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
ANZ Bank has introduced a new package to compensate Storm Financial investors. According to a Slater & Gordon statement, ANZ Bank has started a Storm resolution scheme, with the law firm calling it "another important step forward in winning compensation ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Another week, another dollar will be gained or lost. Or perhaps, I should say, another week, another dollar gained, then lost, then... Yes Virginia, such is the financial markets' current collective myopia that while there had been a lot of shakin' ...