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The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Fiducian acquires practice, launches impact fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Fiducian Group will acquire a financial planning business in Tasmania with $55 million in funds under advice. The business will merge with Fiducian's existing operation in Tasmania and will be sold for $1.35 million funded by excess cash. The acquisition ...

Macquarie set to pay $14m to advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) has identified 163 clients who received inadequate financial advice and are eligible for $14 million compensation. Macquarie Group confirmed that the enforceable undertaking dictated by the Australian Securities and ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Iron ore prices have tried to get back up twice this year, only to be knocked back down each time. After dropping to a 10-year low of US$46.70 a tonne back in April this year, the price of iron ore rallied by 40% to US$65.40 a tonne by mid-June only ...

Westpac to refund unwanted insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
Westpac will refund premiums paid for insurance customers did not need following an ASIC review. Over 10,600 Westpac customers will receive notification from Westpac that they are eligible for refunds, the bank having charged them for loan protection ...

Deloitte super plan could save budget $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
Financial advisory firm Deloitte suggests a better superannuation tax system would be to update proposals from the Henry Review, as it would not add taxes to either earnings or benefits. Labeled a "circuit breaker" the updated plan would see every Australian ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The US Federal Reserve's decision to postpone the rate rise is keeping the world on hold. With volatility set to increase ahead of the rate hike, Laura Millan looks at the global investment opportunities. Just when everyone thought it would happen ...

TAL releases group insurance member tool

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
TAL has launched an online tool for group insurance members. The TAL "Click to Chat" service streamlines the insurance product underwriting process and allows members to speak online directly with TAL "tele-underwriters". "Members have different needs ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tailored investment solutions are more important to advisers using managed accounts than excessively wide ranges of investment choices, according to Rainmaker research. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Rainmaker ...

ING DIRECT super manager promoted

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Former ING DIRECT manager superannuation Tim Hewson has been appointed to a new role internally to become national partnership manager, residential lending and wealth. ING DIRECT has made the appointment on the back of a "growing convergence of the ...