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MLC program attracts new planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
MLC aims to make a career switch into financial planning easier for people already working in the financial services industry through a new educational program. The MLC Pathway to Advice Excellence, which targets professionals already working in a similar ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday." - Diana Ross Yesterday Wall Street dropped big time "on concern rising energy costs will threaten the economic recovery." This was Bloomberg's - and most other financial market commentators' -- interpretation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all three Wall Street indices ending higher, after European and Asian markets were significantly lower. Oil and precious metals surged again as the US dollar dropped ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
Wall Street welcomed March with a big drop with the three major indices down about 1.5 per cent on the day. Oh boy, here we go again. News services were all over the place blaming the renewed spike in crude. Oil spiked - again! - because of reports ...

Macquarie Funds remove performance fee

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Macquarie Funds Group has made drastic changes to the fees charged by its International Infrastructure Securities fund, including the removal of the performance fees charged by the manager. "We have moved to simplify the fund by removing the performance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was higher on Tuesday, as the market waits on the results of the central bank's board meeting later in the day. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the local unit was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.75 cents on Monday. Since 0700 ...

Century Funds manager bid fails

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Century Funds Management (Century) has failed to get the numbers needed to replace Opus Capital as manager of Opus 21 due to insufficient voting numbers by unitholders. According to Century, eight in ten voters voted for Century as their preferred manager ...

BT Wrap lends more aid to dealer groups

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Fund platform BT Wrap has upgraded its reporting tool to enhance the ability of its dealer groups to watch over 5000 advisers. The technological tweaks, which went live on February 21, enhance the Dealer Group DeskTop porfolio model launched last year. ...

Alphinity grows new business

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
New funds management firm Alphinity Investment Management has enjoyed a flying start after taking over two Challenger products late last year. The Alphinity Concentrated Australian Share Fund, formerly known as the Challenger Select Australian Share ...

ASIC bans former Storm adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Former Storm Financial adviser, Stuart Craig Drummond, has been banned from providing financial services for four years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Drummond was found guilty of making false ...