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FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... which life companies can better engage with employers, doctors and superannuation funds to provide a more comprehensive assessment of their existing and potential policy holders. The life insurance industry, which has taken a hit in recent years thanks ...

Claims against advice arm have no factual basis: Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
Macquarie Group has denied recent media reports claiming its advisers cheated on competency tests and exposed clients to high-risk investments, saying that it would refer the matter to the Australian Press Council (APC). In a statement on its website ...

ASX agrees to changes after ASIC review

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... operations. The issues did not cause ASIC to qualify the conclusion that ASX adequately met its obligations for the assessment period. ASX will make improvements to its processes and procedures around the operation of the ASX 24 futures market, considering ...

Yellen yawn turn to Yellen yikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... indicators of inflation and long-term inflation expectations, and readings on financial developments." "Based on its assessment of these factors, in June the Committee reiterated its expectation that the current target range for the federal funds rate ...

Retired High Court judge to chair CBA review panel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... 2012 will be able to request a review under the new program. A customer who does not agree or is concerned with the assessment will have the option of a further review by the independent review panel, led by Callinan, which will review individual cases ...

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Australian students were amongst the top performers in the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 Financial Literacy assessment, which is the first international study of students' financial literacy. The study assessed the ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... assess progress--both realized and expected--toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation. This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation ...

ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... execution-only provisions do not re-introduce commissions," he added. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) called ISA's assessment "inaccurate and misleading." "It is an absolute fallacy that commissions and new sales incentives have been introduced ...

CBA opens up compensation review to all advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... process that is expected to start in August. As part of the process, the bank will offer all customers an independent assessment at no cost. Narev said that the review will "look for the difference between the performance of the portfolio that you ought ...

Superpartners suspends platform development

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... Shareholder Funds (that is, AustralianSuper along with Cbus, HESTA, HOSTPLUS and MTAA) have decided to commence a detailed assessment of the options available to them. "During this time work on the core registry component of the nextGEN project has been ...