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Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
It's official. The US is - or has been - in recession since December 2007. Now what? The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that America's economy entered recession one year ago, despite not ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Financial planners should be confident the clean technology sector is a viable long-term opportunity after US based investment in the sector rose 55 per cent to more than $2.4 billion over a year, according to CVC Sustainable Investments. Sean Wiles ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian stock market remained in positive territory at noon, extending the morning's strong trade after a continued gains on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 76 points, or 2.15 per cent, at 3616, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger today as the majority of world markets continued to make gains on the back of government action to stimulate economic activity. At 0803 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on ...

AUI and DirectPortfolio adopt AML service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) and DirectPortfolio adopted OneVue's anti-money laundering (AML) reporting and record keeping service. AML Explorer can be downloaded online and presents the AML legislation in a simple format that allows users to ...

Clients come first: FPA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has unveiled a new code of ethics that endeavours to place clients first in every aspect of a financial planning business. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive of the FPA, launched the new code at this morning's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker after US stocks sank again overnight. At 0808 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 165 points at 3,379. In news this Wednesday, the Reserve ...

Planners to behave like CFOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Financial planners should move to a model where they act as a chief financial officer (CFO) for clients, managing relationships with other wealth management experts to cater to all the client's needs. Martin Mulcare, Strategic Consulting and Training ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after a late surge left Wall Street higher, recovering from being around two per cent down in late afternoon trading. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...

PDS notices to go online: ASIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
ASIC is ramping up its presence in the web sphere with new legislations requiring all notifications about a product disclosure statement to be lodged online starting early next year. From 1 January 2009 notifications to ASIC about a PDS will need to ...