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Something interesting about rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
There may be a debate emerging about whether we really do have an inflation problem, but inflation is a hugely significant problem that should never go unchecked. Prompting the discussion is that remedies to attack it are seen by some commentators as ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... recession in 16 years but the US have them too frequently." This disconnect forces the realisation that on decoupling the debate is over, he said. Market esoterics aside, Tony Pensabene, associate director of economics and research at the Australian ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... advice only to new clients, as opposed to commission-based, has once again fuelled the old commission versus fixed fee debate. But how about charging performance-based fees the way a fund manager does? Tim Swift, director at Focus Financial Planning ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... than double the 10 per cent return of major European markets. The glaring gap between the returns ignites the perennial debate on whether SRI investors are banking on principle instead of profit. Peter Hall, executive chairman and director at top performing ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... activities-based legislation, not industry based. "There was an exemption for companies raising capital and there was a debate about whether that exemption also applied to managed investment schemes. Austrac set out its view but my understanding is that ...

PI increase sparks debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
CHOICE, the independent body representing consumers has thrown its support behind ASIC's proposed changes to professional indemnity (PI) insurance required by financial planners and other AFS licensees. Only this week, the Financial Industry Complaints ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... albeit for the opposite reasons we have the same challenges in Australia. Ironically, this is also leading to a national debate about education policy and national curriculum which is also something the two nations have in common.

India's investment exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... newspapers feature stories about how to manage a surging currency, the rise of private equity and infrastructure and even the debate on the "Do Not Call" register.

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... Group chief executive Rob Coombe challenged the industry to find better ways to engage the public on the retirement savings debate, the group and Westpac have introduced sweeping changes to the way BT provides superannuation-related products. Coombe ...

ING IM tailored to suit

... move as super funds and other investors step up their investment style a notch. For example, gone are the days when the debate centered on debt and equity or passive versus active because institutions and other investors are more interested to talk about ...