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Planners struggle to sell practices as values fall

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... from an average of 15 per month in 2010 to 10 per month in 2011. Interest had been recovering from the global financial crisis, but uncertainty over the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms was causing both sellers and buyers to sit on the sidelines ...

Regrets, I've had a few

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... from current average returns of around half that and, in some cases, not earning anything at all when the global financial crisis struck. Almost half of the 1,000 retirees surveyed also expect to receive the aged pension yet only 31 per cent of current ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... claims when things go wrong, with a surge of private indemnity insurance claims also occurring after the global financial crisis. Ben Graham, financial planning representative for Centric Wealth Advisers, said that setting clear expectations with the ...

Count enters asset finance market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... group, choose to enter the asset finance market after it was forced to restrict this avenue during the global financial crisis. "The GFC restricted our existing asset finance sources, which meant Count Members were sometimes forced to send their small ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... already conduct regular risk and liability assessments of their portfolios, especially in the wake of the global financial crisis. "It's part and parcel of what trustees do," she said. Super funds are expected to be exposed to a rising oil price through ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... starting to take care of their finances at a far earlier age then their predecessors, learning from the Global Financial Crisis and actively engaging in their own savings. "Many of them witnessed their parents' and grandparents' financial struggles firsthand," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... of local councils and charities over their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the global financial crisis continues in the Federal Court in Sydney. On Friday, the Australian share market completed its worst weekly fall in just over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... of local councils and charities over their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the global financial crisis. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed lower as investors ignored a positive lead from United States markets and ...

CareSuper adds infrastructure debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Investment Stewardship Award for Superannuation Funds. Nolan said the fund held up well coming out of the global financial crisis thanks to their asset allocation overlay product. "It's a derivative overlay product that kept our exposure up in the listed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... councils and charities over their purchase of sub-prime mortgage-backed securities in the lead up to the global financial crisis. Also in the Federal Court in Sydney, packagers Amcor Ltd and Visy Group face charges of price-fixing. In Melbourne, the ...