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Planners unprepared for second stage clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... different needs," said Philip Galagher, head of wealth management, EQT. "There is a whole new set of needs that comes it focus and this has not been addressed by the financial planning industry thus far." EQT wants planners and trustees to work together ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... points at 4,374 points. AMP Capital Investors chief economist Shane Oliver says the situation in the US would be the main focus when the local stock market opened on Monday. "Unless there is some sort of breakthrough, it's going to be a pretty nervous ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... market could be reacting to a more worrying development -- that of an economy that has stalled. This would become the new focus - or shall I say, the fresh fear -- for investors now that the deal is done. The first estimate of US real GDP showed the ...

Macquarie backs annuity income as contributions drop

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... the highest number of institutional mandates awarded, according to Rainmaker Information. BFS said that it continues to focus on retail client growth, actively growing its annuity products for mortgages, insurance, wrap and cash.

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Austrade chief executive, Peter Grey, said Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Australia grew 10.4 per cent last year with a focus in financial services, clean energy and food. As a result, there is a government and regulatory push for the introduction ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
The Australian share market remains lower as fears over a pending US sovereign debt default pulled Asia markets down, with all local sectors trading in the red. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 49.9 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 4,487.5 ...

Fund manager recommends less defensive retirement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Turning 65 does not necessarily mean it is time to revert to an ultra defensive investment portfolio, providing it holds the right assets, according to Ashton Reid, portfolio manager of Legg Mason's Real Income Fund. Retirement income products are a ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Fund manager Western Asset Management, owned by legg mason, has appointed experienced portfolio manager Damon Shinnick to its Australian fixed income team. Shinnick joins as a portfolio manager and senior credit analyst focusing on the Australian and ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... governor, do away with central bank staff - and we only have to pay it peanuts. So I really can't understand this exaggerated focus on the CPI. Ahhh., because only last week the RBA July meeting minutes expressed that, "...the CPI outcome for the June ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline after US stocks fell on a White House threat to veto legislation that would avert a US debt default. But Australian resource stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil rose. At 0826 AEST on the ...