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I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
It's not often that a highly respected investment guru such as Warren Buffett admits to making a "major mistake"- but last Saturday, he did. In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett acknowledged he made a "major mistake of commission" ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Its game on for financial advice in Australia now that Parliament has convened a fast-paced inquiry into the role advisers, commissions and regulatory gaps played in the recent spate of financial services collapses. The Inquiry's wide ranging Terms ...

FPA members gain practice tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Financial Planning Association (FPA) members can benchmark their business against others in the industry and identify areas for improvement after Business Health's practice diagnostic program was added to the association's online member section. The ...

UniSuper names NAB custodian

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
The $21 billion industry superannuation fund, UniSuper has reappointed NAB Custodian Services (NCS) to provide master custody and investment reporting services. According to a press statement from the industry fund, the appointment follows a one-year ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
US President Barack Obama is bringing David Riccardo back from the dead. When the US unveiled its first bailout acronym - TARP -- for the financial sector TARP - last year, I wrote about a theory taught us budding economists called the 'Riccardian equivalence.' ...

Sovereign funds lose out after bank bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The US government's move to potentially have direct share ownership in the banks bailed out during last year's crisis could dilute the returns of sovereign wealth funds and pensions funds that hold stake in US finance stocks. This week the US government ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Exchange traded funds (ETF) assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was lower at noon on Friday, pulled back by weakness in the banking sector following a negative lead from United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was off 51.2 points, or 1.48 per cent ...

Cuscal hires customers GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
Cuscal has appointed Adrian Lovney as general manager, customers, and replaces Phil Hurley the former general manager of this role. Lovney has been with Cuscal since 1999, and worked in general manager positions in public affairs, compliance and strategy ...

QSuper appoints investment committee

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
The $23 billion QSuper has established a new investment committee which includes Michael Rice, Ian Macoun and Michael Drew to provide investment and asset allocation advice to the fund. According to QSuper, the fund is "reinstituting its investment ...