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Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Despite growing speculation that the next bull market run is just around the corner, historically low interest rates, and a call by RBA governor Glenn Stevens for investors to return to shares, investors' remain unwaveringly committed to cash. Following ...

Male clients miffed with advisers

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Clients' satisfaction with their financial adviser has declined over the last six months, largely driven by men, according to the latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index. It is the first time since 2007 when the survey was started ...

Lonsec awards 'Recommended' rating to Bennelong Kardinia fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec. The fund is managed by Bennelong Funds Management's boutique, Kardinia Capital, and headed-up by Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder. Lonsec ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian election will put the giant mining and banking sectors at risk of regulatory reform while investors are entering a period of heightened uncertainty, according to a recent report from Political Monitor, a political risk research and advisory ...

BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
BT Investment Management has launched a new emerging market fund to be made available to Australian investors. The BT Global Emerging Markets Opportunities fund comes from London-based boutique investment house JO Hambro Capital Management, which BTIM ...

Head of insto distribution to leave Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Challenger's general manager, institutional business & strategic alliances has resigned for a new position at Henderson Global Investors. Matt Gaden will take on the role of head of distribution for Henderson's Australian business. Gaden has been with ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

34 months prison for ex- GuardianFP adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
A former financial adviser from Randwick, Sydney, has been sentenced to a total of 34 months imprisonment, after she illegally collected over $380,000 in insurance commissions. Susan Heathwood was sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court after ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
While recent global macroeconomic developments appear to signal an improved environment for investors, there needs to be more decisive policy action before range-bound capital markets take off. That is according to Andrew Millligan, head of global strategy ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The success of Telstra's $750 million bond issue could pave the way for further issues from Australia's largest companies, according to Lincoln Indictors' Elio D'Amato. The five-year coupons, the first from the company since 2005, were sold to the market ...