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CBA defends 'incorrect' personal advice claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... under contracts he had already entered into. In this case, there is no record of personal advice because personal advice was not provided," he said. Gamertsfelder also cited a review of the case conducted by the Financial Ombudsman Service in 2012 which ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... increase of 20% from 2016. "With increasing longevity, we want Australians to be healthier and more active in their retirement, not poorer and sicker," Fahy said. ASFA released a further statement pleading with the federal government to give the superannuation ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund investors were not spooked during last year's share market volatility, with analysis showing they were the largest net investors in the ASX Top 20 during 2016. Commsec analysis shows that during an August 2015 market ...

Westpac exec jumps ship to ING Direct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
A former Westpac and BT director will become ING Direct's first Australian head of retail banking, managing several channels including wealth management. Most recently serving as Westpac's director of marketing, sales and service, Melanie Evans will ...

In-house investment leading mandate charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... mandates went to the funds' own management teams, across both new and renewed mandates. The researcher estimates that across not-for-profit super funds and investment managers there were 415 mandate appointments in the year to September 2016. This is ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... 2.7% over the same period. There now seems to be a new sense of appreciation (pun intended) for Australia's legal tender. Why not? Reflation is the flavour of the moment, commodity prices are on the rise and growth momentum is most major economies are ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... quarter in response to widely improving economic data. He expects the global upturn to strengthen, meaning the rise in rates is not over. US 10-year treasury yields will also likely surpass 3% in 2017. The forum features five 10-minute presentations ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
NAB appointed a new head of retirement this month. Brian Long has had an extensive career in investment and retirement research: most recently he was national manager retirement at Colonial First State, where he produced retirement-centric research ...

Credit where credit is not due

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... find a balance between curbing excessive credit growth - to prevent further blowing up the bubble in its asset markets - but not so much that it slows economic growth below the Politburo's target.

La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... million since launch. A year ago, La Trobe launched a new retirement lending product unseen in the Australian market. It is not quite a traditional bank loan and not quite a reverse mortgage. Instead, the La Trobe Financial Aged Care Loan combines certain ...