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USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Uh-oh, we're in trouble now - really big trouble -- or so they say. No use pretending not to know what I'm talking about, it's splattered all over the weekend news. S&P has dropped one A from the USA's AAA. I must admit, I too didn't know what to think ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The impending loss of trailing commissions for managed funds has made listed investment companies more attractive by leveling the playing field, an industry insider said yesterday. John Robinson, chairman of Global Mining Investments (GMI), a listed ...

AMP/AXA's Integra moves to MLC's Garvan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Integra Financial Services has changed licensees, swapping AMP/AXA for MLC, citing a better business model as the driving force behind their decision. Integra has joined MLC owned dealer group, Garvan Financial Planning after 14 years with dealer group ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
The government looks set to revoke plans to altogether ban commissions on risk insurance within superannuation as it prepares to submit draft legislations on the future of financial advice in September. Speaking at the Financial Services Council conference ...

BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
The reorganised BT Financial Group will go head to head with the newly merged AMP/AXA and focus on its insurance and super products, developing a new platform and adding planners to its advice business. Brad Cooper, chief executive, BT Financial Group ...

Chief exec resigns from AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Michael Bargholz, chief executive of AllianceBernstein Australia, announced his resignation from the firm, also stepping down from his role as director at the Financial Services Council. Bargholz has been with AllianceBernstein Australia (ABAL) for ...

Adviser fee structures hit the spotlight

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Fee structures for financial advisers was a hot topic at a national roadshow in Sydney yesterday with revelations that asset-based fees could not be charged on geared clients. Stewart Bell, executive consultant from Elixir Consulting, gave a detailed ...

Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Super Choice legislation enabling consumers to choose their superannuation fund has made little impact on the way Australians choose superannuation, a report has found. The Roy Morgan Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report for July ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
What's the final deal going to be? Will they, won't they? Sorry Virginia, not talking about the grand theatrics that is the US debt ceiling negotiations this time. Today, I refer these questions to our very own Reserve Bank of the Advance Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, extending losses from the morning as investors fretted over worries a potential US default. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 41.7 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 4,561.2 points, while ...