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Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

Ex Deutsche AM chief joins Africa charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Former CEO of Deutsche Asset Management Australia, Stephen O'Brien has become a director of the Oasis Africa charity. Since exiting Deutsche Bank, O'Brien has been working with the team at Oasis Africa Australia, a charity that raises awareness and ...

Another Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser banned

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited financial planner from providing any financial services after it found he forged client signatures and failed to comply with financial services laws. Ricky David Gillespie ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The 2012 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich, were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Melbourne next week. The 12 finalists ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
"At today's meeting, with prices data slightly higher than expected and recent information on the world economy slightly more positive, the Board judged that the stance of monetary policy was appropriate for the time being." This was how the Reserve ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
High returns associated with high volatility causes many investors to target the latter to achieve the former, but Netherlands fund manager Robeco said a well structured low volatility strategy can achieve returns that are as attractive. Pim van Vliet ...

ME Bank appoints new directors

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... credit risk and financial services sector in a career spanning more than 30 years, including 14 as Chief Executive Officer of Dun & Bradstreet Australia and New Zealand. Christian's current directorships include Private Media Pty Ltd, Scottish Pacific ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... news on Monday, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index for October, the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey, the ANZ job advertisements series for October and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Despite lackluster super fund returns, more fund members are satisfied with their industry fund's performance than are retail fund members but self managed super fund (SMSF) members continue to be the most satisfied. The results are reported in the ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Australia is not the only developed nation that believes it has a financial literacy and awareness problem as Barclays Bank in the UK has just released the results of a study that found Britain may have an even worse problem. The study found 36% of ...