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Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Cash incentives are not enough in today's financial industry workplace, with long term career development now the top spot on finance candidates wish lists. The allure of long-term career development was found to be the most attractive asset a finance ...

FSC insurance churn action divides planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... up a number of possible resolutions such as reducing the amount of upfront commissions, currently 115%, to lessen the incentive to chase them. Another way suggested by advisers could be to have a two-year responsibility period for upfront commissions ...

Govt uncertainty plagues wealth mgmt industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Uncertainty around regulations and industry reforms has shaken the wealth management industry's chief executives, with lack of confidence in Australian preparation for its ageing population, a new report has revealed. The survey of 31 chief executives ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... Financial Advise reforms had changed the game for the sector. "The financial planning industry previously had a natural incentive to steer investors to managed funds for trailing commissions," he said. "That has changed... so it's a much more even playing ...

Govt invites input on move to halve tax on savings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... also said that the older the trustees, the more conservative their investments are, increasing the cash component. The incentive applies to interest on deposits held in any bank, building society or credit union as well as interest on bonds, debentures ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Community housing will be pitched to superannuation funds as an investment at a conference this month as experts say a national housing shortage is driving up rents. Cath Noye from industry fund CBUS will chair a panel discussion on alternative market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open around one per cent lower today after US stocks fell due to fresh concerns about the financial stability of the eurozone. At 0629 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was down 41 points ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... eliminates any near-term risk of a liquidity-driven default and encourages the implementation of a credible, feasible, and incentive-compatible set of structural reforms, which have a high likelihood of stabilizing debt service requirements at manageable ...

Fin Svcs Asian opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... increase, say 20 per cent, while we found that corporations believe that the attractive job offer should be enough of an incentive," said McFerran. In addition, headhunting is now rife throughout the industry with some 22 per cent of Australian finance ...