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WHK sells NEXT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
WHK Group is selling the group's 30 per cent stake in NEXT Financial for $11 million.

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Westpac has launched an Australian shares separately managed account (SMA) that invests in the blue chip stocks to entice generation X into the market.

I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
It's not often that a highly respected investment guru such as Warren Buffett admits to making a "major mistake"- but last Saturday, he did.

OneAnswer adds six

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
ING Australia has added six new investment funds to its OneAnswer investment menu and ventured into the infrastructure asset class.

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Investors can be better protected from the next investment bubble if the government legislate subsidised financial advice and support an insurance scheme that will hedge home-owners against extreme property prices, said Dr. Robert Shiller, the author ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Ratings and research group van Eyk is looking at developing a ratings methodology that will allow advisers to compare the range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the market, a small step that goes a long way in legitimising the inclusion of SMAs ...

Rising above the average: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Financial services and advisory group Fiducian trailed behind some of its peers during the years of easy money but when the crunch came, it's the group's very same prudent strategy that saved the day.

Invest in debt, but carefully

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
In the aftermath of the credit crunch, big opportunities are presenting themselves in the debt markets provided investors know where to look and how to choose between them.

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Singapore is introducing new tax incentives for investment funds to build up its position as an international finance powerhouse - a move which could pose a serious threat to Australia's hopes of becoming Asia's financial hub.

Comm Bank opens cap protected product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Commonwealth Bank has launched a capital protected investment product, Capital Series Australia II.