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Licensee tests offer planners protection

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Financial planners will have protection against fiduciary problems as licensees are to be subject to the same best interest tests, according to the Government's FOFA reforms. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that one of its recommendations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Securities markets were mixed and flat, precious metals were higher, and oil eased. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was three points ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The financial markets' performance over the first three months of the year showed what investors feared most - and this is, getting run over by a rampaging bull. There were a number of factors that could have easily spooked investors into hiding -- ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Global banking powerhouse HSBC ramps up its local presence with the launch of Asia-centric products and a senior appointment. The main products it will be pushing are Asian equities, Asian Fixed interest and China A shares, "a highly differentiating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from Wall Street over the weekend, although world markets appear tentative as they assess the impact of the Japanese earthquake on Friday. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving positive leads from offshore trading overnight. All key Wall St indices are higher in late trading. European markets also were higher overnight, as were precious metals. Copper was down slightly, and oil continued ...

Aust Unity sets its sights on instos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
Australian Unity Investments is ramping up its institutional strategy this year. Martin Hession, head of property at AUI, said at a lunch last week that winning institutional mandates would be a key part of the firm's agenda this year, after having ...

Statewide cuts staff, boost sales

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
The $2 billion-plus Statewide Super has reduced staff members by 20 per cent in the last year, and is ramping up its sales force to target employers as part of the fund's growth strategy for next year. A little over a year since John O'Flaherty became ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The newly-appointed head of Asgard, Craig Lawrenson, has mapped out a three-year business plan, including a more aggressive strategy towards providing direct equities, model portfolios and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to its platform. Lawrenson said ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Only a small number of international equities passed muster at the latest review conducted by van Eyk ahead of what the ratings house believes is a five-year period where 'cracks in the system' will resurface and hurt many fund managers in the sector. ...