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CommBank's 64,245 margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... aggregate gearing moved up only slightly from 42 to 45 per cent. During the equity market boom years, banks used their wealth management arms to sell the message to brokers and financial planners that margin loan facilities should be a standard feature ...

Africa wants slice of bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... reforms, to improve the efficiency of public expenditures and to diversify their economies beyond non-renewable sources of wealth. "Countries like Zambia and other mineral-rich African nations must articulate a development strategy and make policy choices ...

ING appoints RetireInvest CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
ING Australia appointed former Genesys Wealth Advisers chief operating officer, Paul Campbell as RetireInvest chief executive. Campbell was most recently chief executive at South Australian based Poynter Hargraves Financial Consultants where managed ...

RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... year award by financial planning education house RG146 Training Australia. Pratt, an assistant financial adviser at Mercer Wealth Solutions in Sydney, took out the '2008 Paraplanner of the Year' award. The award was first created by Australian Unity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... December quarter. In equities, companies reporting first half results are retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd, IOOF Holdings Ltd, Australian Wealth Management Ltd, Ridley Crop, and Cochlear Ltd. Optus parent Singapore Telecommunications Ltd releases third quarter ...

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... perspective." "That's the way most employer-sponsored funds are being set up today." Scott Walters, head of advice at Mercer Wealth Solutions, said plans are negotiated on a case-by-case basis and ex-employees need to double check with their employers ...

SA and QLD scoop Hillross awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... youth employment initiatives. The Hillross awards recognise professionalism, business efficiency, customer service and wealth management expertise. John McMurdo, Hillross managing director, said this year's winners were focussed on reassuring and informing ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... soon convert into Small APRA Funds (SAFs) in tandem with longevity issues facing SMSF trustees. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at accountants and advisers HLB Mann Judd Sydney, says that with the number of SMSFs growing - and the general ageing ...

Macquarie targets funds mgmt acquisitions

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Macquarie Group is aiming to take advantage of anticipated divestments of wealth management businesses by its global banking and investment banking rivals to bulk up in funds management. Macquarie Funds Group (MFG) head Shemara Wikramanayake told analysts ...