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Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... better picture of economic activity." So there. Under the old measurement method, annual Indian GDP growth slowed to 6.2% in March quarter from 6.8% in the previous one. And herein lies the rub, policy responses - monetary and fiscal - differs depending ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... of its funds management activities with State Super and Safety, Return to Work and Support (SRWS). The process started in March 2014 when NSW public funds decided to bring their investment teams under TCorp. Following the amalgamation, TCorp rejigged ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... firm recommendations available by the time we submit on the Financial Advisers Act Review proposals later this year." In March, Neilson noted that the findings in Trowbridge's report for Australian life insurance advice were "consistent with discussions ...

IOOF merges two licences

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... there are 136 advisers under the Consultum licence; as reported in Financial Standard, 182 planners were with Shadforth in March 2014. Finally, in response to rumours that IOOF's entire research team had gone on leave following the company's recent Senate ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... total Australian and overseas assets. This is up from $19.49 billion, or 3.6% of total Australian and overseas assets, in March 2014. Albeit from a relatively low base, there has been an increase in the value of investment in residential real property ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... labour market conditions. The index slowed to a reading of 0.8 in June from 0.9 in May. Except for the negative readings in March and April, this is the lowest reading since July 2012. This perhaps is why financial markets remain sanguine, they watch ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... is working with the regulator to cancel its Australian Financial Services Licence. As reported in Financial Standard in March, Macquarie confirmed it would be closing the dealer group and five associated advisers would be transitioning to other licensees ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... Eurozone to countenance. Just as it did with the member that was tinier (0.04% of world GDP) than tiny Greece (0.3%) back in March 2013. Morgan Stanley of Cyprus was quoted back then saying that "the market appears too sanguine in its view that a solution ...

David Koch joins forces with Adviser Ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... financial advisers, and was recently revamped to make use of the data in ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, launched in March. As part of Koch's involvement in the platform, Adviser Ratings will expand into delivering educational material to Australian ...

TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... activities to the now $70 billion investment giant. This is the latest phase of an amalgamation process that started in March 2014 when NSW public funds decided to bring their investment teams under TCorp. The amalgamation brings together a combined ...