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Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... school was pretty unusual," he says. "I remember doing the presentation and putting a share certificate on it. In fact my dad thinks that I lost one of his share certificates. But it was really my father who introduced me to shares at a very young age. ...

Government still mulling response on Senate report

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... Abbott said he won't be rushed into a further inquiry. Instead, he wants to first consider the report on the issue. Mum and dad investors needed to be protected, Abbott said on Thursday, but there also needed to be maintenance of a market where inevitably ...

Advice clients don't want managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown has said that clients are simply not interested in investing in managed funds. "Clients don't want managed funds. I'm sorry to all the fund managers in the room but they just don't understand them," she said. Brown ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... side. While superannuation funds have started to widen their nets to include sizable allocations to global equities, mum and dad investors have retained their home bias. Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment habits are a good indication ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... left school, I was going to give the game away," he says. "My mother wanted me to focus on my studies. But a mate of mine's dad - who actually was an ex-Wallaby and a teacher at Newington - dragged me down to the Randwick Club and said 'You're going ...

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is looking at the Financial System Inquiry as an opportunity to find ways for Australia's financial services to maximise exports and ensure growth. In a submission to the terms of reference of the so-called Son of ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

PIS could face class action over "inadequate" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... advisers did not recommend an appropriate product when they recommended the Bonni-Foi investment," he said. "These are mum and dad investors who were given assurances there were safeguards in place to protect their investment, but our investigations ...