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SOA too much, too confusing

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010

... most clients to understand, but she said they can nonetheless be a great way for advisers to prove their professionalism. A major reason why SOAs have become so burdensome is that lawyers designing them for dealer groups have taken a lowest common denominator ...

Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010

... going to make progress made in the negotiating area through our policies." He continued, "We are going to review all our major policy decisions, where we're at and where we need to go. We are going to articulate what is success going to look like - two ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010

Freeze frame. Wall Street has frozen with excitement. Disappointing US third quarter earnings releases last night didn't matter -majority of companies still beat expectations anyway. Data on US house prices didn't matter - they don't know where they're ...

Advisers of tomorrow are 'choice architects'

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010

... they won't know how to value you," said Andrew Inwood, director of Brand Management, the consumer researcher that did a major study for the AFA into how consumers see advisers. Inwood said consumers are fearful because before 2007 (pre-GFC), investing ...

Westscheme sells $300m Brisbane property

MEDIA RELEASE | TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010

... Plus Office Fund (CPOF) was launched in December 2005. The fund predominantly targets the office property sector in the major capital city and fringe markets of Australia. Telstra Super is Australia's largest corporate super fund with over 95,000 members ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING | MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010

The Singapore stock exchange, SGX, has made an $8.4 billion bid for the ASX - a move that could see Australia's major exchange become a mere divisional office to Singapore's, if the deal receives regulatory approval. Australian Securities Exchange shareholders ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING | FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010

Investors who view the world in macro terms often intuitively base their approach on a country's economic fundamentals. But new research suggests economic fundamentals may have little bearing on the performance of a country's stockmarket. According ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010

... dollar exchange rate went up. My trusted data source - Bloomberg - reported that, "The dollar strengthened against 13 of 16 major counterparts, erasing earlier losses versus the euro to advance 0.3 percent to $1.3921 against the shared currency. The ...

Snowball raises $18m through share placement

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

ASX-listed company Snowball Group has raised $18 million through the placement of new ordinary shares at 38c per share in two tranches along with the launching of a share purchase plan. The share placement was over-subscribed and involved both new and ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

... AXA and Colonial First State planners channel the most sales into their parent firms' superannuation products out of six major planning groups, new research shows. According to new figures from Roy Morgan, which researched nearly 5,700 super products ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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