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China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... unrest to be seen, that "hard landing" number was adjusted down to 6%. Well, here's good news for the bad news bears - yesterday's National Accounts data showed that China's economy expanded by 7.4% in 2014, down from the 7.7% rate the year before and ...

Court approves Great Southern settlement

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... managed 45 investment schemes, collapsed in 2009. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Clyde Croft approved the settlement yesterday, agreed to by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and about 2,000 of its borrowers in July. Justice Croft described the collapse as ...

Vertical integration not important anymore: Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... chapter in the so-called "war" between industry and retail superannuation funds. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) said yesterday that it is opposed to "the inquiry's plan to fill industry superannuation boards with a majority of independent directors ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... estimates show the contraction in the economy was larger - 1.9% annualised. Then there's China. While at first blush yesterday's report that China's trade surplus surged to a new record high of US$54.5 billion in November looks good - positive net exports ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... superannuation did grow to a level where it could be a threat to people's retirement savings." In its final report handed down yesterday, the Murray Inquiry recommended that government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for LRBAs by superannuation ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications. The committee tabled a report yesterday in which it gave considerable space to a discussion of the inverted bid model, which would allow long-term owners such as super ...

Medcraft furious over "absolutely appalling" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... regulators' efforts, he still had no confidence in the financial advice industry. Speaking at the National Press Club yesterday, Medcraft said the regulator's recent insurance report was a "nudge to the industry." "The same thing applies to the financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... overnight trade was that commodities pulled back again, so some of the resource names are giving back the gains from yesterday," Mr Shamu said. Mr Shamu said volumes also generally started to slow at this time of year. "Overall, we just really need a ...

Laminar fund wins award for innovation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... awarded the Victorian Innovation in Funds Management Award at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium in Melbourne yesterday. The award, which is sponsored by the Victorian Government, recognises firms who have successfully met the challenges, engaged ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... unfair, retrospective losses." He added that "the industry can now transition to the new FoFA laws with certainty." Yesterday, the Government gave notice of a motion in the Senate to reinstate the grandfathering provision by seeking the support of the ...