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Coin makes marketing easy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Coin is turning financial planners into graphic artists and marketing gurus after the technology firm added a new module that lets financial planners develop a stylish tailored marketing campaign. The Campaign Management Module allows financial planners ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... changed last week is the market's mood from one of negativism to optimism. Wall Street virtually put one of their respective guru's - Warren Buffett - pronouncement that the US economy is in shambles behind it and instead focused on the good. The good ...

I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
It's not often that a highly respected investment guru such as Warren Buffett admits to making a "major mistake"- but last Saturday, he did. In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett acknowledged he made a "major mistake of commission" ...

Innovators, imitators and idiots

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... of those emulating Yale have the resources of Yale and the talent of Yale to pick the right managers." Paraphrasing market guru Warren Buffet, Barron's said, "First come the innovators, then the imitators and, finally, the idiots."

Planners set to Ignite the Difference

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) released details of its 2008 National Conference, Ignite the Difference, an event that aims to encourage advisers to distinguish themselves as professionals. The four-day Gold Coast conference in November includes ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
Investment guru Burton Malkiel, author of the acclaimed book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" has identified raw material stocks, inflation-linked securities and the emerging markets as the prime asset classes to invest in. Speaking at a Vanguard investor ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

Alan Greenspan, former Fed chief and financial guru, the man who can rock Wall Street with a throwaway line, has admitted he didn't smell the sup-prime coffee during his tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman. Greenspan ran the central bank for more than ...

QSuper champions fin literacy

... largely overlooked Gen X and Gen Y segments. A major supporter of the Financial Literacy Foundation, which features money guru Paul Clitheroe on the advisory board, QSuper has taken the educational campaign a step further when it created the new role ...

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

Less than a couple of months after his resignation, ex-BT head of alternatives Richard Keary has moved to MFS Alternatives as chief investment officer. Keary was the head of alternative investment solutions with BT Financial Group where he set up and ...

Top fund communications win 2006 ASFA Awards

... for how tough the standards are," said Smith. Held at Star City in Sydney last night, the event was hosted by investment guru Paul Clitheroe who highlighted the importance of communicating super and money management in a way that ordinary Australians ...