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Macquarie launches cap protection product

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Less than a month after Macquarie created a new consolidated business called Macquarie Specialist Investments, the firm has launched a capital protection product that gives investors geared and non-geared access to 16 managed funds. Peter van der Westhuyzen ...

FPA chief to champion planner needs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Incoming FPA chief Mark Rantall said his main focus as the new head of the financial planning body is to renew consumer confidence in the industry and listen closely to the needs of FPA members. Rantall, who is on leave ahead of taking on the role ...

Budget underwhelms planning groups

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Financial planning groups have applauded tax discounts on savings and higher super guarantee payments, but most don't expect the Federal Budget's announcements will heavily impact client strategies. The Rudd Government's Federal Budget announced last ...

Tech aids capital markets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Technology enhancements and changing attitudes to corporate responsibility could mean capital markets trading will become far more transparent, according to one software provider. Progress Software, which provides infrastructure to develop and deploy ...

Commissions by another name

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, opposition spokesperson for superannuation and corporate law, has labelled fee-for-service advice fees no better than commissions and said they wouldn't fix conflicts of interest. Hartsuyker made the statements while attempting to attack ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Do you know what Moses did when God handed him the Ten Commandments? He squatted beside the burning bush, placed both hands on his face and cried, "Rules, rules, rules... too many rules!" But unlike Moses, America's biggest banks are not squatting and ...

Planner fees for super advice cost $1.3bn

ISN PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Rainmaker Research has found that $1.3 billion of workers funds were redirected to financial planners in the form of commissions, including $550 million from compulsory (SG) super. Rainmaker, which owns Financial Standard, also reported that $6.48 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Australian has received generally positive leads from overnight trading offshore, with Wall Street up marginally, precious metals higher, and European markets flat to higher. Oil and base metal copper were lower, however. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
It is still too early to conclude that commissions-based insurance advice is affordable for the general public but two planning groups show that it can work for certain segments of the market. This month, MLC-owned planning group Godfrey Pembroke announced ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
Aren't you getting tired of this? Sick and tired of how Greek will be saved one day and left in ruins the next? It's come to such a confused state that the flip-flopping of news reports gives substance to the phrase, "it's all Greek to me!" Flip. Greek ...