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Aussies follow Brits pushing advice aside

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Australians could be following the British path of brushing financial planning aside even though many people needed guidance in improving their financial situations, according to Guardian Financial Planning. Guardian executive manager Steve Browning ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
The former chief executive of Suncorp-Metway and guardian of the Future Fund Management Agency, John Mulcahy, has been appointed non-executive director at global consulting firm, Coffey International. Mulcahy starts work immediately at the ASX listed ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will get a chance to discuss the Ripoll Inquiry with the man behind the inquiry himself, after Bernie Ripoll, chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, agreed ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Wall Street has been on a holding pattern over the past three trading sessions. It's waiting...waiting...waiting. Waiting for what? Wall Street waits for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its two-day ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
The US' Securities and Exchange Commission and UK's Financial Services Authority have announced plans to explore common reporting and regulations of hedge funds - developments that could set the template for Australian hedge fund regulation. The two ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Financial planners and super funds will be catering for a much bigger market than previously thought, after Treasurer Wayne Swan said the population could grow to 35 million by 2049, much higher than earlier estimates of around 28 million. Speaking ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Run three days straight or for nine days with only a day's pause and you too would need a bit of a rest. This is precisely what Wall Street did overnight -- it stopped for a break. In financial market jargon this is termed as "consolidation." The Dow ...

PM Capital readies for recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
While many fund managers have been busy shedding staff, PM Capital has done the opposite, beefing up the group's senior ranks ahead of investors redeploying capital back into equities. The fund manager appointed former MMC Asset Management executive ...

FPA meets with Capstone on remuneration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the Financial Planning Association (FPA), has met with Capstone Financial Planning to discuss potential changes ahead to planner remuneration models. Bloch's presentation in Melbourne was designed to provide the network's ...

Lucky country

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Australian superannuation and sovereign fund assets grew over 14 per cent p.a. in local currency terms in the past five years, posting the highest growth in assets than any other country, research shows. The Watson Wyatt and Pensions & Investments research ...