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Big four banks downgraded

ELISE BURGESS, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... year. Earlier in the year Standard & Poor's said it was changing its criteria for assessing banks with predictions coming true this week when the agency house downgraded the ratings of 37 major US banks, including Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup ...

MLC MasterKey fees cut, new features

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... advisers, will help us reclaim our market leadership position," said Dean Thomas, MLC MasterKey general manager. "We've kept true to the MLC philosophy of active management by combining the best of both worlds: our proven asset allocation, Strategic ...

Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... something you don't get everyday, a 75-year old on FB? But hey, at least this is consistent with his bunga bunga parties. And in true Godfather style, he even dared, "Voglio vedere in faccia chi prova a tradirmi" (I want to see the faces of the people ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... Bernie Ripoll MP kicked off the discussion by reiterating his belief that the future of financial advice reforms (FOFA) are true to the 11 recommendations produced by the Ripoll inquiry. "We couldn't wait any longer for reform," Ripoll told the audience. ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... said Mark Rantall, chief executive, FPA. "We would be interested in hearing these supposed 'consumer advocates' reveal the true motives behind driving these reforms which, we again highlight, were not included in the Ripoll recommendations." However ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

AustralianSuper three year fee freeze

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Silk. "Many Australians don't fully investigate or understand the types of fees they are charged by their super fund, and the true impact of those fees over time. Over a lifetime these fees can accumulate to a significant amount, essentially reducing ...

Family office aligns with hedge fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... benefits in wealth accumulation and intergenerational wealth transfer, despite the uncertainty around its tax rules. "It is true there has been a hardening of attitude by the Tax Office to many of the tax advantages once offered by family trusts recently ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Consumers were just happily consuming and companies erecting more buildings and shopping malls. I would imagine the same is true for China and India times ten or more. This is good news for us Aussies. Oi! Oi! Oi!

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... communicable disease. Herr Chancellor is now confident that Greece would meet its bailout conditions. Say what? If this is true, I must have been smoking something I shouldn't have over the past two days. For just two days ago, Germany threatened to ...