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Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A secret "shadow shopping" exercise on the services provided by the Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) group found their advisers are not as good as independent financial advisers (IFAs) and bank-aligned planners. The CoreData report, The Industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Australian shares may open little changed after mixed leads from US markets. Commodity stocks may decline after the price of raw materials slipped overnight as the US dollar rose. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open moderately higher after equities in the US and Europe gained on a report that showed job cuts in the US slowed sharply in November. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The list has been drawn and is out! Worry no more about Dubai. There are bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after a lift in European markets following the Dubai debt shock and after it became clear that Dubai's debt had had limited impact on local stocks. At 0704 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Howes appointed CEO of IAA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia has appointed former director of policy at ASFA, Melinda Howes, as chief executive. Howes joins the Institute from her role as director of policy and industry practice at the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

State Street wins $2.2bn Canadian mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
State Street has been appointed by the Canadian-based $2.2 billion Saskatchewan Teachers Federation to provide investment services to the pension plan. The deal means State Street will provide custody, fund accounting and securities lending to Canadian ...

No transparency, no mandates: ARIA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Hedge fund managers will need to drastically improve their transparency and communication strategies - or face losing mandates from institutional managers, including the $17 billion ARIA. Lochiel Crafter, chief executive of ARIA, said one of the major ...

Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Perpetual Investments joins the raft of major fund managers that have signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). As a signatory, Perpetual Investments must formally incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...