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Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open lower after commodity prices declined overnight, and concerns increase about the mounting levels of national debt overseas. At 0659 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Just when we thought Dubai's Desert Storm was just a one-off, we're now confronted with the shock and awe at more warnings over sovereign credit ratings. Remember the one? Towards the close of November Dubai World dropped a bombshell by announcing that ...

IBM replaces Russell with JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The $1.4 billion IBM Australia Limited Superannuation Fund has changed its investment manager from Russell Investments to JANA Investment Advisers. The IBM fund, which had just under $1.5 billion in funds at the end of September, previously engaged ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Trustees of the country's largest super funds are yet to buy the Asia Growth story, with new research suggesting their asset allocation to the region will be around 2.8 per cent of their total allocation, a tiny increase from the current 2.5 per cent ...

AFS appoints Elixir Consulting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Australian Financial Services Group has engaged practice development firm Elixir Consulting to boost its Board of Advice program. Peter Daly, group chief executive and managing director of AFS Group, said the BoA program aims to help principals to clarify ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Ripoll rules but confusion reigns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
While the Ripoll Report is a useful platform for improving Australia's advice industry, it raises more questions than answers and until some of these are defined by the government it will be difficult for wealth managers to properly interpret the report ...

Men behaving womanly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Men are living longer than they used to, thanks to women, and the narrowing of the mortality gap between both genders must be factored in any financial plan, said a demographics expert. Actuarial statistics on the mortality of the Australian population ...

IOOF eyes more cost cutting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Chris Kelaher, managing director at IOOF Holdings, has flagged cutting the number of products and services, including investment platforms, the business provides to financial planners. In his first operational address since being appointed managing ...