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Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
While institutional investors have a tendency to negotiate aggressively on the amount they pay for fund managers' expertise, Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said cutting fees does not automatically result in better ...

Advisers' Twitter usage doubles in 18 months

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Growth in social media usage by Australian financial advisers has far outstripped the growth experienced in the community overall, according to new statistics from Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Zurich general manager of life and investments ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Times like these, I really wish I had a twitter account and most importantly...know how to use it. Then I could just hashtag "what I said yesterday" and I'm done. Finito. Wall Street closed down overnight from up the night before. Like I said, markets ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Here's a quiz for you gentle readers, when was the last time you felt the fear over the prospect for the eurozone? It seemed oh so long ago, doesn't it? It appears just a distant memory especially when you look at the current performance of the Europe ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
You just gotta love this market, don't you think? It's swung from May day mayday to May day happy day in a span of less than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' ...

Image of financial advisers still low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
Financial planners are respected by almost twice as many people as union leaders, but they lag nurses, doctors, pharmacists and school teachers by more than three to one. Roy Morgan has just released its latest consumer survey rating the annual image ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
"BREAKING NEWS: President@BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It's a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP." Were it not for this Twitter post - later discovered to be caused by Associated Press' twitter feed being hacked ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong rises on international markets overnight as traders focused on corporate earnings and brushed aside weaker-than-expected economic data out of Germany and China. At 0744 AEST on Wednesday, the ...

Facebook users moving on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Just as wealth management and superannuation marketers have begun adapting to social media platforms such as Facebook, signs are emerging that the consumer market may already be moving on. The Socialmedia Today forum in the US has just published an ...