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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 ...

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Australians over 40 years of age may not be receiving the type of advice they need after a report found less than half of respondents to a survey are getting advice on retirement income planning. The Investment Trends 2009 Retirement Income Report based ...

Hunter Hall regains lost ground

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
Hunter Hall Investment Management has recovered two-thirds of the losses from its funds, according to Peter Hall, managing director at the fund manager, who vowed to return all clients losses earlier this year. Hall said the Hunter Hall Global Deep ...

Advisers want to keep commissions: research

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Nearly two thirds of financial advisers don't believe commissions should be stamped out, according to research from CoreData that polled over 200 advisers and practice principals. Following the release of the Ripoll Inquiry earlier this month, the research ...

ETFs delve deeper into China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Australian financial planners may soon be able to diversify their exposure to emerging markets after iShares launched its China A Share exchange traded funds (ETF). The five ETFs started trading in Hong Kong last week and are not yet available to Australian ...

Planners should already be fiduciaries

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
As the industry digests the Ripoll Report and the focus shifts to the core question of what fiduciary responsibility means for advisers, a leading superannuation author says advisers accepting commissions as payments are already breaching these obligations. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Australian shares have plunged in the wake of the government of Dubai asking for a six-month debt moratorium for its investment vehicle, Dubai World. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 115.8 points, or 2.46 per cent, at 4,592.80 points ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Hold that turkey! Put that cork back into the champagne bottle! Thanksgiving has been hijacked! If you don't standstill, we sink. Dubai World reportedly intends to ask its creditors to "standstill" and extend maturities of its about US$59 billion debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The Australian markets have received strong, negative leads from overseas for trading on Friday, despite Wall Street being closed for a holiday. At 0731 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 41 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads into Thursday trading, as Wall Street posted gains on positive jobs and home sales data. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 24 points higher ...