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Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... combined, yet most equity markets ended on the up and up. No Virginia, I'm not talking about ol' Dominique Strauss-Kahn learning that he can't do what he allegedly did to a maid in a Manhattan Hotel and get away with it. The allegations alone cost him ...

Financial planners to improve soft skills

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... learn behavioural skills to help them sell insurance to clients through a new training course offered by AXA. The Risk Learning Program has two main components, one that teaches advisers to discuss life, TPD and income protection insurance with compassion ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank officially launches Bendigo Wealth with a distinct focus on tailor made customer service from financial advisers. The new wealth management division has been created to align its portfolio of offerings, including leveraged ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... co-head of fund research. Morningstar has 15 analysts tracking ETFs around the world, seeing good and bad practices and learning what has and has not worked. "Australia is a long way behind the rest of the world in terms of the development of the ETF ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... survey also found that Gen Yers are starting to take care of their finances at a far earlier age then their predecessors, learning from the Global Financial Crisis and actively engaging in their own savings. "Many of them witnessed their parents' and ...

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... surveyed its membership base of around 30,000 members. The program offers its members the ability to use a variety of learning tools to assess their financial future, with personalised options to suit the members' needs. The program was developed by ...

MLC wrap locks into SMSFs and managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
MLC's new platform, MLC Wrap, draws on the popular features of its existing Navigator and MasterKey Custom platforms to appeal to a broader adviser base. MLC Wrap is presented as a full service platform, complete with self-managed superannuation fund ...

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... individual parts. Hasn't Reuters read John Godfrey Saxe's poem "Blind Men and the Elephant"? It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Warehouse Group Ltd. In Sydney, the Federal Court continues hearing an application by the receivers and managers of ZYX Learning Centres Ltd, formerly ABC Learning Centres Ltd. On Thursday, the Australian share market posted moderate gains amid sluggish ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... Group Ltd, and there will be a directions hearing in the Federal Court in Sydney of a case by ASIC against former ABC Learning head Eddy Groves. National Australia Bank Ltd chief executive Cameron Clyne addresses a Trans-Tasman Business Circle luncheon. ...