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Conversation the key to speeding up SOA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Single issue Statements of Advice should not be consuming so much time for financial planners and dealer groups, according to an advisory technology expert. A key thought-shift in technology allows advisers to create all the information needed in the ...

Hastings appoints new chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Hastings Funds Management, owned by Westpac, has appointed Andrew Day as its new chief executive. Day will begin his role with Hastings on 17 October 2011 and is an experienced chief executive with a domestic and international track record. He was until ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... President Kim Ivey at last night's awards dinner. "Australian hedge fund managers continue to benefit from a growing interest in alternative investment from Australian investors and a widening pool of excellent service providers to assist in the administration ...

New property fund built for average earners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... fund will include a mix of properties located in state capitals throughout Australia. TIC Super said it expects "huge interest from foreign investors" and a predicted undersupply to drive up house prices in Australia. The Investors Club claims to have ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
"The top priority is to avoid an uncontrolled insolvency, because that wouldn't just hit Greece and the danger that it hits everyone, or at least a number of other countries, is very big. I have made my position very clear: that everything must be done ...

ASIC surveillance sharpens focus on AFS licensees

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Financial services licensees must effectively monitor business models for possible conflicts of interest and prioritise training and supervision of advisers, said ASIC, as part of plans to raise standards in the advice industry and hold gatekeepers ...

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Liberal party's lack of understanding. The Government's predicted revenue from the sale of non-financial assets sparked interest after it was listed as expected to increase from about $383 million in 2010/11 to a high of $4.9 billion in 2012/13 - the ...

Mandiri open for Australian insto business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... with ABN Amro and MeesPierson Finas Investment Management, said after establishing a range of money market and fixed interest funds they have in the past few years created strong expertise in domestic equities to service local and overseas institutional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... fear that if prices remain too high the government will announce more monetary tightening measures to go with the five interest rate rises since October and numerous increases in the amount banks must keep in reserve. The figure provided some lift to ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... Investors launches a new bond fund tomorrow, positioning itself to benefit from an expected shift from equities to fixed interest in the institutional and retail market. The fund is being seeded with $200 million and will offer investors a low risk portfolio ...