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Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Banning adviser commissions would fix conflict of interest distortions but the price may be advice becoming too expensive, and the advice industry becoming unsustainable, said Treasury in its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry. "Such a ban would eliminate ...

HESTA ready for advice boom

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The $12 billion HESTA Super fund is ready to roll out intra-fund advice to its members following the Government's new legislative changes - a result achieved through its existing financial advice infrastructure. HESTA has had its advice program in place ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher following mild gains on Wall Street overnight and higher commodity prices. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 13 points higher at 3,748. In economic ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
AMP recorded around $2 billion in net cashflows to the firm's superannuation and pension business last year and announced a focus on simpler, transparent products in the long term. AMP Financial Services' net cashflows were up $81 million in the first ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
From high-speed railway to high-tech alarms, fund manager K2 Asset Management banks on stocks that will flourish in the face of a global recession. Nick Griffin, the group's head of international strategy, said that investors should tap into mega-trends ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Oh no! Not another bear market rally. While we were sleeping, Wall Street stumbled again overnight. After four weeks of consecutive gains, Wall Street took a breather last night and gave back a little of its previous gains. Yes, you read it right - ...

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009

Asgard adds fixed term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Asgard Wealth Solution has added three fixed term deposit products to its platform after receiving $800 million in inflows in its existing FTD suite. This tranche provides investors with the option of three, six and 12 month terms with either interest ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Super funds with high stakes in global property should brace for more pain in the asset class this year although the re-pricing is predicted to come in stages and not necessarily in the order you would expect them to, according to a new survey. Global ...