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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... have set the market down if you look at if objectively," Mr Heffernan said. "It's probably a bit of profit taking after a pretty good run." However, he added, a drop in gold prices overnight may have been a dampener. Mr Heffernan said, looking forward ...

Planners need to commit to the social media conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... optimise their websites or use social media so that they rank well in consumer internet searches," Williams said. "It's pretty safe to say that most financial planners probably aren't getting even the tip of the iceberg of internet search inquiries." ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... a catalyst for higher margin lending use. "This is reflective of the appetite to gear into the asset class, there is a pretty strong view from planners that equities are undervalued and they are fairly positive on the future of equity markets albeit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... "We had a very strong overnight session in the US, so we've followed on from that," Mr Chatterton said. "The gains are pretty well across the whole market." Resources stocks led the charge, but gold stocks were the only losers as investors bought riskier ...

Bold predictions of US recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... recorded growth of 2.9% with strong balance sheets shoring up higher dividends, indicating that "the private sector is doing pretty well," according to Baur. If we see the US economy accelerate this year it will be driven by manufacturing, the economist ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... strategy has returned around 7.5% year to date, and given Australian equities are down a similar amount this year, this is a pretty solid return in the current environment," said Fisher. "While bond yields will remain low in 2012/13, as an investment ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... the Australian system does have a means tested age pension as a backstop as a kind of guarantee for people, and that is a pretty good framework," said Shirlow. "We also have the issue, if you move to providing guarantees, in the private sector, you are ...

Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... picking up quality client bases and advisers that are maybe exiting the industry or finding the going on a stand alone basis pretty hard. There's a lot of interest in that," said Fenning. SFG Australia recently acquired a small family office in Melbourne ...

Independent directors not the silver bullet answer, super fund chairs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... maintained they weren't the "silver bullet" answer. "There are plenty of companies that have independent directors who have done pretty disastrously too. I can say in my own backyard, that UniSuper has said many times its found a lot of benefit in having ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... "But base metal prices were a little higher overnight, so we're seeing strength in the resources sector. It's usually a pretty good indicator that peoples' appetite for risk, at least in the short term, is starting to improve." BHP Billiton shares were ...