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CBA compensation payments total $79,702 so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... files could be distributed across many locations, the potential for some older customer advice files to have been destroyed, poor record management in some of the bank's document archiving facilities and incomplete data capture for some original file ...

PIMCO appoints former Lonsec CEO

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... Erdonmez was general manager of managed funds research at Lonsec and head of fixed interest managed funds research at Standard & Poor's Funds Services. He has 22 years of investment experience with additional positions including five years at JPMorgan ...

Advice firm ditches platform, adopts MDA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... partner Ravi Agarwal said. The firm, which mainly caters for medical professionals, realised that most of its clients "are time poor and they want us to manage their financial affairs. We believe the new MDA solution will dramatically lift efficiency ...

InvestSense launches asset allocation guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... allocation model, InvestSense highlights the fact that bonds cannot be relied upon to provide diversification benefits during poor economic conditions. Andronaco recommends scaling back fixed income positions and holding shorter duration bonds or alternative ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a flat open after a sluggish lead from Wall Street. At 0656 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,623. Locally on Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has picked up after a poor start and is relatively flat, after the Reserve Bank signalled that it remains open to further cuts to interest rates. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local bourse had swung upwards ...

Senior execs complain of stagnant careers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... widespread negative rhetoric about employment market prospects, a lack of direction and clarity in large company environments, poor career planning and an all pervading pessimistic attitude to the job market."

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... business's operation. AIA Australia's chief retail insurance officer, Pina Sciarrone, said the new option was designed for time-poor business owners looking for a flexible way to top up cover at key stages in the life cycle of their business. "With over ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... was $2.6 billion (up from $2 billion previously). At the same time, the regulator has expressed concerns about the ongoing poor standard of risk and business management practices in the industry, indicating that it may take "further supervisory action" ...

Super concessions key to tax review

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The financial services industry welcomed the government's decision not to touch superannuation in the 2015 Budget, but the PM's promise that "there will be no changes to super" in the future has brought the tax review into question. "There will be no ...