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Annual fee collation too complex: FPA to PJC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services Bernie Ripoll has grilled the Financial Planning Association over claims the proposed annual Fee Disclosure Statement (FDS) as part of FOFA is unnecessary. Speaking at ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Have you seen this morning's headline on theage.com.au? "'Ugliest' of times ahead." It's all about the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after ending last week in positive territory. At 0630 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 4,163. In economic news on Monday, the ANZ job advertisements series ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Australian shares are lower as warnings from two ratings agencies overnight wiped out optimism that Europe's debt crisis may be nearing a resolution. Monday's gains were wiped out after Moody's Investors Service said it would review the credit ratings ...

Macquarie team joins IFM

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Three senior members of Macquarie IM's Australian equities team have resigned to take up positions on a new Small Caps team at Industry Funds Management. Portfolio manager Neil Carter assumes the role of executive director on the newly created team ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to for a relatively flat start to the week after little movement on Wall Street on Friday and as the world waits for action from European leaders. At 0749 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Australian funds management group Quantum has launched a US residential property fund to invest in single family homes in economically sound cities. The fund aims to take advantage of the steep decline in US property prices, low interest rates and the ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...

SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
Building on its accounting expertise, SPAA has announced that founder of accounting firm CJ Baker & Associates, Carolyn Baker, has joined the board. A committee member for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) during ...

AvSuper builds on its AllianceBernstein mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
AvSuper has increased its existing Australian Value mandate with AllianceBernstein to include global funds manager's Franked Australian Value service and improve the fund's after tax returns. The "significant allocation" to the value service is designed ...