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UBS poised to enter local ETF market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
The local arm of UBS plans to launch its own range of exchange traded funds in Australia, as research mounts that more financial planners are allocating more client funds into ETFs. Ben Heap, managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand for ...

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
US investment banks are taking further steps towards meeting the requirements of recently passed FinReg legislation, and the indirect result could be new investment opportunities for Australian super funds. Shortly after the New York Times revealed ...

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 ...

APESB extends consultation

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has extended its consultation period on a proposal to ban members who offer financial planning services from charging asset-based fees from July next year. The Accounting Professional & Ethical ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a new risk manager and created a new 'sustainability manager' role. The super fund has appointed former Commonwealth Bank of Australia compliance expert Hannah Deukmejian as risk manager where she will be responsible ...

ASX chief to step down

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
ASX managing director and chief executive officer Robert Elstone is to step down in July next year, the company revealed today. In a statement to the exchange released ahead of its annual general meeting, chairman David Gonski revealed that Elstone ...

FPA chair to step down in November

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
After three years at the helm of the Financial Planners Association, Julie Berry will be stepping down as chair in November. Berry, who began her three-year tenure in 2007 has decided not to put herself forward for re-election at the annual general ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
There were snippets of good news overnight although on the whole, they were just that -snippets. Bad news dominated the headlines. There was more of the same confusing data out of America. Jobless claims rose by 12,000 in the week ending 18 September ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
In an experiment to see how a retail investment portfolio made up mainly of ETFs compares with the Future Fund's portfolio, Financial Standard discovers key investment gaps. David Bassanese, director of PennyWise Investment Economic & Investment Consulting ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
"The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks ...