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Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... speaking last night at the Sydney Institute, said, "the European emissions trading scheme [ETS] was the biggest carve out in wealth in modern times in the name of the environment". Williams said Australia must learn as many lessons as it can from what ...

TOWER's business set to soar

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... grow strongly, underpinned by strong economic and demographic fundamentals in Australia. These include increased household wealth in recent years with rising personal debt levels and acknowledged underinsurance, favorable mortality rates, and the compulsory ...

Genesys buys TIME Partners stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Genesys Wealth Advisers bought an equity stake in Maitland based financial planning practice, TIME Partners. This capital injection from Genesys will allow TIME Partners' principals to buy further planning practices in the region and also develop a ...

Planners miss sustainable mark: Fahy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Financial planners must embrace sustainability as a serious wealth management issue or risk losing existing clients, according to Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) chief executive, Martin Fahy. Fahy said research conducted with Griffith ...

Reserves okay and can be raised by fees: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... collect reserves was first initiated, said Chapman. Sentiment against reserving has been building up in some sections of the wealth management industry as they move to adopt daily unit pricing as a de facto industry standard. Chapman's comments highlight ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... things that consumers need to know before investing in a financial product," said Sherry. To the industry's credit, many wealth managers have developed short-form PDSs to address criticisms about the current format. In May, ING Australia has reduced ...

Aviva chief joins IFSA board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... IFSA board this week. Griffiths takes the spot after the resignation of Dennis Fox, who retired from Suncorp where he was wealth management group executive in May. Griffiths has been the chief executive of Aviva Australia Limited for more than four years ...

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... vindicates investor demand for fund managers to be more accountable on delivering alpha but it also means the Australian wealth management market has world-class finance technology in its own backyard. Impact is a global software provider that opened ...

EQT jumps on board with Bravura

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Bravura Solutions Limited has rubber-stamped a five-year contract with wealth management firm Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) to implement the tech company's portfolio administration solution, Garradin. EQT has called on Bravura to upgrade its business ...

Perpetual capital protected gains $130m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... driver of this growth is the trend of retail investors turning their eyes to finding more innovative ways to grow long-term wealth. This series enables growth investors to gear into potential market upside with downside protection and no margin calls. ...