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30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

Banned adviser faces jail time over 'tombstoning'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct after using dead people's documents and fictitious clients to increase his revenue. The practice is known as 'tombstoning' and this time it was Pavan Vyas, former adviser from Lionsgate ...

AMPFP not relevant without future growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) is set to continue its adviser recruitment drive on the back of year of planner number growth, according to managing director Michael Guggenheimer. Earlier this month AMP reported 1.2% uptick in planner headcount to 30 ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Dashboard could see risk-averse members making overly cautious and ultimately self-defeating investment decisions, according to Tom Garcia, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Garcia said AIST was consulting ...

J.P. Morgan launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... At a roundtable hosted by J.P. Morgan, and including Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia and First State Super product manager Marcus Bohman, the consensus was that the standards would be a positive thing ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
While Australian investors now recognise they must broaden their horizons beyond domestic equities to take advantage of the growth opportunities available across the globe, favoured destinations like China and other South East Asian economies will not ...

Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... minimum." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also welcomed the announcement, with chief executive Tom Garcia saying:"We welcome the recognition from both sides of politics that if the public is going to have the confidence to ...

Smokers' cough up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... US$3000 figure is wildly above most forecasts, which are mostly flat at the current level. However, UBS global commodity analyst Tom Price said these flat forecasts are based less on informed analysis than on the fact that "people just don't know what's ...