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Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... of compulsory super in 1991. In the Inquiry's sights will be the way distribution and remuneration practices operate in wealth management, particularly sales commissions and regulatory gaps and overlaps that allowed the recent collapses to happen. "The ...

Plan B buys Strategic

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... $354 million in funds under advice and an average client portfolio value of $2.4 million. "Strategic is a high quality wealth advisory firm with a strong focus on understanding and addressing clients' needs and providing the highest levels of service. ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... happen,' Rachel Hunter ones aid in a TV commercial. But Rachel Hunter was not selling a solution to the destruction of wealth, business failures, job losses, home foreclosures or economic meltdowns. She was selling shampoo. Now who would care if you're ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
It's still open season on Australia's retirement savings system as two more reports have been released attacking the social inequity of superannuation and age pension rules. The Australia Institute has released a research paper that argues superannuation ...

Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... that has helped advisers encourage investors scarred by market losses to get back into the equities game and rebuild their wealth. "Advisers are recommending it highly," said Adrian Emery, AXA general manager sales and marketing. "It gives investors ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... country's ballooning budget deficit is a step in the right direction. However, with nerves as fragile as they are today - wealth destroyed, jobs lost or under threat, homes foreclosed, etc. - the last thing those still with jobs (and earning above US$250,000) ...

Sovereign funds lose out after bank bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... potentially have direct share ownership in the banks bailed out during last year's crisis could dilute the returns of sovereign wealth funds and pensions funds that hold stake in US finance stocks. This week the US government, in concert with the Federal ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Global index provider, Global Wealth Allocation (GWA) has opened a Melbourne office and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... contracts. Stocks with international exposure were among the worst performers when trade resumed for the week, Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said. "We're still very much on the back foot after a fairly weak session on Wall Street on ...

A centre for managed futures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... Funds Focus and 20/20 - and has a "recommended" rating from Aegis Equities Research. Sulieman Ravell, managing director of Wealth Focus, the advisory group behind Funds Focus, said there are good reasons why they are drawing investor attention to SuperAlphaFund ...