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Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The time has come for institutional investors to look past asset classes and seek good value assets with robust revenue streams when implementing their post-GFC investment strategy, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Weaven, who ...

US planners prefer fee model: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
US based financial planners are favouring a fee based remuneration model and appreciating the role of education more, according to a survey. A Cerulli Associates and College for Financial Planning survey, found a shift away from commission based remuneration ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...

Finland the most low risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Looking for financial transparency? Finland boasts the most transparent financial market in the world - making it the prime spot for low risk investments, new research shows. According to the Milken Institute, a higher number of countries are adopting ...

Ken Done sues over $53m bad advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
Renowned artist Ken Done is suing his accountant, the accountancy firm, Bentley Barton & Partners and Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom after receiving poor financial advice that cost him $53 million. Brian Fitzgerald, Commonwealth Bank spokesperson ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
AXA is using its global muscle to provide superannuation members with a fund that can lock in gains each year, just like a capital-protected managed fund, and potentially, on a weekly or monthly basis in the future. The Australian launch of North, a ...

Super fund members want a safe bet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Super fund members do not want to expose their retirement funds to high risk investments with 42 per cent preferring a combination of all risk classes and only 15 per cent preferring a higher risk investment, according to a Quadrant survey. Tasmanian ...

Deutsche Xenon leveraged hedge fund recommended

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
The Xenon Alpha Plus3 (XAP3), the third Australian leveraged hedge fund from the Deutsche Xenon brand, has been rated 'recommended' by Zenith Investment Partners. In recommending the product, Ben Davis, senior investment analyst with Zenith, said the ...

Finding more value in asset consulting: Watson Wyatt

Asset consultant Watson Wyatt is making several changes to its business model to adapt to the increasingly changing nature of asset consulting. Recently appointed principal Andrew Spence stressed that the core strategy of the group will remain the same. ...

Financial mentor to be wound up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
A Brisbane financial mentoring operation will be wound up after The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) obtained court orders to proceed with liquidation. The Supreme Court of Queensland also ruled that director Andrew Carr had carried ...