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Coffey to raise $40 million via bond market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Professional services consultancy Coffey International will undertake an unsecured corporate bond offering to raise $40 million, with FIIG Securities acting as the lead arranger. FIIG Securities chief executive Mark Paton said the company was pleased ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The Senate has passed legislation that will freeze the superannuation guarantee at 9.5% until 2021, and abolish the Low Income Superannuation Contribution in 2017. The laws, which were part of an extensive package of reforms contained in the Minerals ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The Treasurer may soon have discretionary power to further delay the rise of the superannuation guarantee to 12%, following the passage of legislation in the lower house yesterday. The legislation was part of a large suite of amendments labelled the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The share market remains relatively flat as investors wait for the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates and the latest economic growth figures. The market spent most of the morning in marginally negative territory, before rising to be modestly ...

GSA an affordable alternative to DLAs: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Group self-annuitisation (GSA) may provide a more affordable alternative to deferred lifetime annuities (DLA) when it comes to dealing with longevity risk, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In its second submission ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Vertical integration good for consumers, competition: instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Australia's largest financial services institutions have argued that vertical integration is positive for consumers because it helps market competition. The stakeholders have rebuffed the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) concern that vertical integration ...

Financial Standard launches magazine for managed accounts professionals

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
With adviser demand for managed accounts predicted to rise in the next three years, Financial Standard has launched a new magazine: FS Managed Accounts - The Journal for Managed Account Professionals. The magazine was unveiled at Financial Standard's ...

Advisers use more insurers, but main provider still key: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Advisers have expanded the number of insurers they use, but being an adviser's main insurance provider remains essential, new research by Investment Trends shows. After four years of planners consolidating insurers, advisers have increased the numbers ...