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Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... information and... voila! We have confusion. Try reconciling these for instance: Japan revving up its quantitative easing versus the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's interest rate hikes; speculation of a slowdown in China and the ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... S&P/ASX 200 closely tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index, returning 20.7 percent between 1 July, 2009 and 31 May, 2010 versus 20.8 percent for the index (before fees and tax, assuming full reinvestment) over the same period. Guy Maguire, head of ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... Australia) enjoyed the highest year-on-year increase in new search mandates in Q1 2010, with an increase of 48 per cent, versus a lower 29 per cent in North America and 26 per cent in Europe. On an industry basis, the report shows financial services ...

Investec eyes EM debt, record inflows

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010

BT Financial frames big picture in 3D

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... reinforce investment facts and correct some common misconceptions," she said. The campaign will focus on four issues: cash versus shares, superannuation, property versus shares, and long-term investing. To showcase the volatility of the market and how ...

Savings up, but not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... more than women in these age groups. There is also a wide gap between the savings of university-qualified individuals, versus those with no degrees. The former saves around $3,600 a year -- 15 times more than other groups. In contrast, the average person ...

MLC launches high income protection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... Insurance. For example, the policy allows financial advisers to protect up to $60,000 of their client's income per month, versus the current industry standard of only providing nearly half that, or between $30,000 to $40,000 per month. Entry ages are ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... request it. When they do, all fees must be on a fee-for-service basis and reviewed every 12-months under an opt-in model (versus the common practice of opt-out). Trailing commissions will be banned although if the trustee allows, fees for super advice ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... its management of the AMP Future Directions Opportunities fund. "AMP Capital is our first large institutional investor versus the super funds that we have traditionally targeted," said David Phillips, executive at IGAF. "It shows this asset class, and ...

Super too complex to handle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... planner. Of these balances, the extra contributions into savings made by an investor with a financial planner is nearly $7,000 versus the $4,300 saved by an investor who doesn't have a planner - a near $3,000 savings gap annually that can make a big ...