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Low income retirees to feel budget pain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... superannuation, there will be a number of indirect impacts. "We saw a lot of changes to the treatment of super against the assessment of pension and other benefits. This is quite, quite significant. When you look at some of the new calculations, pensioners ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... China's slowing largely expected; accommodative financial conditions - it added a few positive lines with regards to its assessment of the Australian economy. "More recently, there has been some improvement in indicators for the labour market, but it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... were mixed as dealers returned from the May Day break to healthy US and CHina manufacturing data as well as an upbeat assessment of the US economy. Tokyo eased 0.19 per cent, after rallying 1.27 per cent on Thursday. The Nikkei gave up 27.62 points to ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... about their pace will remain contingent on the Committee's outlook for the labor market and inflation as well as its assessment of the likely efficacy and costs of such purchases. In determining how long to maintain the current 0 to 1/4 percent target ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... funds can exploit business banking relationships to sell their super products and avoid any independent merit based assessment of superannuation products." She went on: "The banks' preference for a 'free for all' where bank employed financial planners ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... overseas systems are now looking at Australia's in a bid to drive greater performance." Garcia also addressed the report's assessment that MySuper would not deliver significant fee reductions. "We also need to give MySuper a chance to deliver - it is ...

Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... benefit available, among other criteria," the company said. Products are given star ratings from one to five based on an assessment of the overall proposition and the quality it offers. "We want to provide a measure that focuses more on the wider proposition ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... overseeing the selection process." In response, ISA chief executive David Whiteley said that "seeking to halt a merit based assessment of default super products follows on from the banks' failed efforts to wind back financial advice laws and bring back ...

WaveStone launches local long-only equity fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... to quality growth stocks - we apply quality filters, together with growth and valuation tests before overlaying that assessment with risk controls to construct higher conviction portfolios," she said. WaveStone has been managing a long-only mandate since ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests, ahead of a global crackdown on international tax havens. The ATO's offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, 'Project DO IT: disclose offshore ...