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FPA pushes members to adopt tighter conflict of interest guidelines

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on members to appoint Conflict Officers, conduct business wide audits and issue declarations stating conflicts of interests have been removed. The steps are part of a guidance paper released by the ...

Australian equities remain investors' favourite

Navigator research into fund flows across asset classes for 2004 via the Navigator platform has found Australian shares experienced the largest funds flow boost as a proportion of total inflows. Inflows into Australian share funds in 2004 rose from ...

Superannuation growth funds deliver highest returns since 1995

Growth oriented superannuation funds have delivered their strongest returns since 1995. The Intech Growth Funds Survey reported a 15.9 per cent return for the median manager making this the best year since 1995's 16.5 per cent. This 18-month turn-around ...

RBA foreshadows rate rise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2004
Reserve Bank deputy governor Glenn Stevens yesterday kept alive the possibility that Australian interest rates may rise in the next year or so. Mr Stevens indicated that the central bank could move to lift rates at some stage in the future, if wages ...

Trends in market expectations

Rainmaker Information has compiled data over the last 12 months revealing the market expectations of fund managers, banks and research houses in comparison to those of superannuation funds and master trusts. The expectations were recorded across six ...

New guidelines on conflicts for AFS applicants

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has incorporated the most recent legislative changes relating to conflicts of interest into its licensing regime with updates to its licensing guides. The conflicts management obligations are ...

Telstra Super allows public access

The Telstra Superannuation Scheme has applied for a licence to enable it to become a public offer fund. Granting of the licence will allow the fund to accept contributions from members of the general public once Choice of Fund legislation is introduced ...

Wealthy defy weakening property trend

High net worth investors are defying concerns about increasing interest rates and stagnant property prices by continuing the momentum of buying and selling properties and upgrading their homes. "There is a radical change in how the wealthy view the ...

ASIC assesses churning and misselling

ASIC has announced its intention to examine how well financial advisers are complying with new legislation regarding advice to switch financial products. The Financial Services Reform Act introduced a number of obligations to discourage financial advisers ...

Five-year ban for portfolio manager

ASIC has given Raydn Nolan a five-year ban from the financial services industry after finding he operated a discretionary portfolio management business without holding an appropriate licence. Nolan ran the business between October 1993 and May 2002 ...