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Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
The government's proposed reforms to change the way planners charge for advice will spur the industry's long-term growth, but at the cost of serious headaches and profits during the adjustment period. The minister for financial services, superannuation ...

Xplan tops software ratings

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Xplan has retained the highest overall rating in this year's Investment Trends Planning Software Report. Closely behind Xplan is COIN followed by AdviserNETgain, VisiPlan, Navigator n-link. Coin Office retained its top position for the best modeling ...

Navigator tops best platform list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Navigator has been named the highest-rated platform for overall functionality - beating FirstWrap, Macquarie Wrap and Asgard eWrap, according to a new report. Navigator won the title for 2009, after many years of "steadily rising up through the rankings" ...

Platinum snubs US healthcare reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
US healthcare reforms have not had a material impact on Platinum Asset Management's International Health Care fund portfolio, as the fund continue to target pharmaceutical stocks that benefit from Asia's growth. Bianca Elzinger, fund manager at Platinum ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Now we've seen it all! It's all over the headlines. A handful of US corporates are deemed better able to pay their debt than the US government! Bloomberg reports that bonds offered by Berkshire Hathaway, Proctor and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson and Lowe's ...

Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The $1 trillion Islamic finance market is a crucial part of the Australian Government's strategy to make Australia a financial hub in Asia Pacific, according to Simon Crean, minister for trade. At the launch of the Government's booklet, Islamic Finance ...

FPA loses chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), has resigned - a decision that took the FPA by surprise. Bloch spent three years as chief executive at the FPA. During this time she led the revamp of its professionalism framework ...

Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Industry heavyweights Michael D'Ascenzo, Robert Maple-Brown, and Peter Hall are among those honoured at this year's Australia Day celebrations for their work in and outside the finance industry. D'Ascenzo, ATO commissioner, and Maple-Brown, co-founder ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
The largest US pension fund responds to mounting concerns about the true nature of the pension fund-placement agent-fund manager relationship by revealing the details of more than 600 placement agent disclosures to the public. The disclosures - received ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
The report commissioned by the Government a year ago to look into how to improve Australia's appeal as a financial services centre has come up with a host of recommendations that could transform the local wealth management industry. The Australian Financial ...