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Planners prepare for retirement shock

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
For all the debate on adviser fees, the future of planners might actually hinge on their soft skills and how well they serve the most influential generation of our time - the baby boomers - predicts a planning expert. Paul McKeon, founder of a business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open relatively flat following small falls in overseas markets and largely unchanged commodities prices. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was three points higher ...

UK pensions demand more face time with fundies

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
A survey of UK workplace pension funds representing $400 billion in assets found pension funds are putting more fund managers on a "regular performance review". The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which 1,200 pension funds and $1.6 trillion ...

Perpetual proposes caps on exec and board pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Perpetual has taken extra steps to preserve its balance sheet and cut costs, including a dividend reinvestment plan announced this morning and a move towards lower bonus payments and caps on executive and board remuneration. The 'surprise' announcements ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Those who forget the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat it. Are we again giving credit ratings agencies undue credit? Equity and bond markets have been shaken by Standard & Poor's warning that it might downgrade the UK's sovereign credit rating. ...

TAAM strategy scores mandate boost

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Local and international institutional investors continue to back the $1.3 billion Treasury Asia Asset Management's investment strategies with mandate top-ups since June last year. TAAM chief investment officer Peter Sartori said institutional investors ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Sometime ago, I quoted Camp Quality's - an Australian children's family cancer charity organization - TV ad, 'Don't underestimate the power of optimism'. Wall Street lived this statement overnight with both the S&P 500 and the Dow rising by more than ...

Not your average Clark Kent

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
He doesn't fly or fight villains, but guides members through the superannuation maze - meet Media Super's latest mascot, Super Hero. The latest "member" of the $2.5 billion Media Super team has been designed to help members understand their investment ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
The looming federal budget deficit tipped to exceed $50 billion accompanied by a blow-out in the government's borrowing requirement is threatening the Prime Minister's promise to boost age pensions in next month's budget. Following last year's budget ...

Trust eyes global investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
Trust Company is expanding its responsible entity (RE) business to attract mandates from international investors and in a separate move, is placing its financial planning arm under a strategic review. John Atkins, who took on the role of managing director ...