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Retail advice industry needs new models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... fund products that switched to industry funds came through a planner. The next step then is to link the statement of advice (SOA) software and the transaction system of the platform for implementation. "Ideally you want to tie this offering to the platform ...

Super assets soar with 17% annual growth rate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Australian super assets have rocketed up 17% in annual growth rate in ten years to US$1.3 trillion, or the equivalent of 96% of Australia's GDP, according to the Towers Watson Global Pension Assets Study. Australia's solid result was attributed to its ...

Risk focus needed for sustainable investing: MLC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
MLC Investment Management has cautioned investors with a penchant for income-heavy portfolios that greater risk diversification and sophisticated strategies are necessary at a time when term deposits on one product reached $400 million. According to ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
We're doomed (again)! Oh-em-gee! "IMF slashes growth forecasts!" This was the last piece of news I saw before I went to bed last night and started snoring. Yeah, yeah I thought. Sure, sure. Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Australian shares have stayed in positive territory as hopes for a debt deal with Greece buoyed European shares and rising commodity prices boosted miners and energy companies. Energy stocks led the push higher, adding 0.7 per cent after news that the ...

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 ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Well this is it folks, my last piece for the Year 2011 - the year most of us would like to forget. And for my finale, I'd like to take you back to the beginning. At the start of 2011, I wrote: "If you think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after key offshore bourses jumped on the back of Europe's latest plan to address its economic crisis. All 17 of the eurozone countries on Friday agreed to a "fiscal compact" regarding sustainable ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
No doubt financial markets are still basking in the afterglow of last week's equity rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% ...

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 ...