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ACFS awards innovation and investment stewardship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... The super fund has won various awards early this year and last for its performance record. It has consistently ranked in the top quartile of its peer group of funds over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years. Last year, ACFS gave a commendation award to UCA Funds Management. ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
One of Australia's top fraud cops has warned that the wealth-management industry is a sitting duck for cyber crime and must take steps to safeguard itself against future attack. Detective-Inspector Bruce van der Graaf of the NSW Police Fraud Squad shocked ...

PC recommends social insurance shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
The Productivity Commission has defied its critics and recommended Australia establish twin social no-fault insurance schemes in what is potentially the biggest recasting of the nation's health, welfare and insurance sectors in decades. The recommendations ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... would have a negative impact on small businesses as advisers were already 'deserting middle Australia', and migrating to the top 30 per cent of clients, by wealth. The issue of statutory fiduciary duty was also keenly discussed on the Future of Financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... profit, up from the previous year's loss, as sales volumes recovered from last year's lows. Iluka was the best performer in the top 100 stocks, with its shares up 21 cents, or 2.12 per cent, at $10.10. In banking, NAB was down five cents at $25.75, Westpac ...

Macq customised portfolio mgt makes the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... was a capable portfolio manager. "His approach is disciplined and structured in applying a blend of bottom-up research with top-down considerations." The Income Australian Equity portfolio offered a focus on dividend yield and Huynh said it would be ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... commodity of course! For the list, I accessed the US Energy Information Administration's (IEA) website and found the following: Top World Oil Consumers (2009) 1. United States 18.8 million barrels per day 2. China 8.3 3. Japan 4.4 4. India 3.1 5. Russia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... "There was also a bit of focus on the investment intentions out of Australia. "I think that story may have dropped off the top rung but it is certainly a focus in terms of the foreign exchange market. "When you get the investment intentions, it's certainly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... seven cents at $8.53. QBE was down three cents at $18.26. Logistics and freight services provider Toll Holdings Ltd was the top performing stock in the S&P ASX 50, after reporting a 53 per cent lift in first half profit as the benefits from both internally ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...