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ASIC starts shadow shopping

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... in a new shadow shopping exercise that will start this year. ASIC will begin shadow shopping research to judge the quality of financial advice being given to retirees, but it said it is not about 'naming and shaming' advisers, but defining good quality ...

Flare up over MoneySmart

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... based fees result in inappropriate advice. They are a charging model and this issue is about pricing for services, not quality of advice. Given that there are no policy pronouncements regarding asset-based fees we are surprised and concerned that ASIC ...

ASIC clampdown on poor business models in advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... cases it believes demonstrates poor advice. ASIC will also employ the services of an external auditor to audit the quality of advice provided. "Where inappropriate advice has been provided to clients the licensee will be required to inform clients about ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... present the biggest shift for advisers and that these are markets advisers must cater for if they are to maintain a high quality of advice. "This will be a big opportunity for financial planners... we are not just going to see a volume shift in the next ...

State Super FS appoints MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... over 46,000 clients. "Quality financial advice, well implemented, adds considerable value to clients' lives, enabling quality of life and peace of mind in retirement," Monaghan said. Peeyush Gupta, chairman of SSFS, said Monaghan had demonstrated strong ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... according to Barclays. Because "the concept of a barrel for barrel replacement is not a correct one." The grade and quality of Saudi oil differ from Libyan oil and the "time it takes to bring those Saudi barrels to market likely will be significantly ...

APRA report sparks fresh debate on boardroom diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... add value by often asking questions or raising issues from a different perspective - this is important in the overall quality of discussion and debate and in reaching good decisions." Ann Byrne, chief executive of Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Shadforth unveils acquisition strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... the high end quality adviser network, but not just for the sake of higher adviser numbers as we want to maintain the quality of the Shadforth brand."

CMC taps pattern recognition for traders

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... Market's new software identifies both completed and emerging patterns over short or medium time frames and ranks the quality of the chart signals based on technical indicators such as moving averages. "One of the biggest benefits of the software is it ...

BNY Mellon's Ankura wins Russell Aus Eq mandate

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... franking credits. The preference for yield generally excludes resource stocks. It boils down to filtering the market on quality of yield, excluding those with deficient free cash flow or high leverage." Ankura, based in Sydney, specialises in Australian ...