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Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The still-unfolding disaster in Japan is sapping the optimism off financial markets. Stock markets rallied yesterday but it looks like they'll be down again today. Volatility is the order of today and would remain so for as long as strong aftershocks ...

Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Property investment portfolios should be geared at no higher than 30 per cent, according to real estate investment experts. Speaking at an IMCA seminar, both Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier and Stephen Hiscock ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a personal finance website, MoneySmart, offering free financial information and tools. The website is designed to help people when making financial decisions with 26 tools available ...

Countplus buys super law firm

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Countplus increases its presence in Western Australia with the acquisition of Perth-based legal business SuperGeneration by its WA subsidiary McDonald Pynt Lawyers (MPL). SuperGeneration will receive 533,600 Countplus shares, priced at $1.50 each, and ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
There are better ways to deliver the aims of MySuper than those currently being explored by the government, super fund experts said. Shifting the focus from fees to the total profit that funds extract from MySuper products and even limiting that amount ...

BT Life fast tracks claims

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
BT Life has taken more steps to process income protection claims faster through its award-winning tele-claims service. Since launching tele-claims in March 2010, BT Life Insurance has seen almost 25 per cent of all income protection claims paid without ...

AXA Aus preps for next phase of North

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
AXA Australia will soon release the next generation of its successful North platform, gaining support from merger partner AMP. A broad range of licensees currently uses the North platform, launched in 2007, with the platform's funds under management ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
Attractive valuations, a predicted rise in industrial consolidation and the possibility of a depreciating currency are leading some fund managers to believe that the time is now to invest in Japan. In contrast to the rest of Asia, the Bank of Japan ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Wall Street rebounds as oil pressure dips. This is the overall theme that you'll read, hear and watch on financial services this day. It's the mirror image of the previous day's "Wall Street dips as oil pressure bounds" theme, or days when The Street ...

Perennial tactical move pays off

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Less than two years since launch, the Perennial Tactical Income Trust has raised almost $100 million, appealing to financial advisers drawn to the fund's approach to fixed interest. Since the fund's inception in June 2009, it has returned about 11 per ...