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One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Streets's key indices flat while commodities also were mixed. On the ASX 24 at 0820 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was two points higher at ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
An after-tax optimisation tool available to super funds called 'propagation' is proving too expensive to run in practice and, at current prices, is only cost-effective for multi-billion super funds, research shows. In its paper, Towers Watson studied ...

ASIC strikes $67.45m in Westpoint settlement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reached a settlement agreement, handing investors in the Westpoint Group an additional $67.45 million in compensation. The latest stage of the litigation process was carried out on behalf ...

ASIC outlines philosophy behind policy framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Financial planners who continue to think holistic advice is the default advice model are holding themselves back from seizing emerging opportunities, an ASIC report said. Early in January, ASIC released their Access to Financial Advice report that outlined ...

BetaShares launches currency ETF

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
New Sydney-based exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares has launched a new ETF in Australia that tracks the performance of the US dollar relative to the local currency. Trading under the ASX Code 'USD', BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF tracks the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower at noon after following a sell-off on the weekend prompted by anti-government protests in Egypt. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 98.89 US cents, down from 99.01 cents on Friday. Since 0700 ...

Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Indonesian stock market was the Asia region's top performer in 2010, posting gains of 45 per cent, but the surge of foreign-sourced investment inflows has prompted the Indonesian government to reassess the size and depth of its debt and equity markets. ...

Intra-fund opens new doors for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Richard Klipin said that while many of AFA's members are rightly concerned about the unintended consequences of the 'intra-fund advice' model, there are some upsides. Intra-funds are traditionally ...

MLC wrap locks into SMSFs and managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
MLC's new platform, MLC Wrap, draws on the popular features of its existing Navigator and MasterKey Custom platforms to appeal to a broader adviser base. MLC Wrap is presented as a full service platform, complete with self-managed superannuation fund ...