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MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... Act is built. Michael Vrisakis, partner at Freehills lawyers and long time superannuation legal expert said, "There's nothing in the legislation currently that would deal with that kind of scenario of asking funds to shut down. So you'd have to be looking ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... financial planner at AXA. The case for most planners is that if the insurance policy is not put in place, planners get nothing for their time and resources. White said that with people who have no health problems (also called 'clean skins'), it's very ...

Orion tightens compliance after rogue trader caught

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... opinions, including from ASIC." Fallins said he believed Orion met "industry best practice standards but... there was nothing more we could have done to prevent his conduct." "Nevertheless, we clearly take this matter very seriously and our vigilance ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... US payrolls dropped by 36,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 per cent in February. But the report did nothing much for Wall Street. Because it was tainted - tainted by the weather, that is. In fact, even Kieth Hall, the Commissioner of ...

Platinum snubs US healthcare reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... and losers, the industry, as a whole, should benefit. "We don't ignore it but we don't see it as a catalyst. There is nothing [the team has done] that could be considered a US healthcare reform bet," she said. "We've always selected different pharmaceutical ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... hasn't everyone and his dog already factored in grim news for Portugal...and Spain...and Italy...and...? There's really nothing new in this whole Eurozone contagion tragedy, except perhaps get a few hearts to miss a beat. Like my stance on Greece, the ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... you read just the headlines, you'll get that "lovin feelin" for US shares. But look closer and you'll see that there was nothing spectacular to Wall Street's performance at the closing bell. S&P 500 up 0.8 per cent, Dow up 0.4 per cent. It's the same ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... "We're seeing the same sort of broader macro-positive comments. "The statement was fairly well to be expected. There was nothing out of the ordinary and the market has literally done nothing on the back of that." Across equities, Telstra was the only ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... to integrating ESG across the investment process," said McCluskey. "If you speak to a climate scientist they tell you nothing has changed." But the sooner the government sets a clear political agenda, the faster the local investment community can convert ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... they were being extrapolated lower with all sorts of "experts" rationalising their fears. But as it turned out, there was nothing to fear but fear itself. One year on and the S&P 500 is nearly 70 per cent higher, the Dow more than 60 per cent up and ...