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SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Self-managed super funds not being required to report to their members is one of the reasons these funds are vulnerable to compliance problems. Speaking at this week's Financial Services Technical Services forum, AMP SMSF Administration head of technical ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Overlooking the preferences of the more cautious partner when devising an investment strategy for couples could see planners get a rap from the regulator, risk specialist FinaMetrica has warned. Risk profile data compiled by the financial services firm ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... system of the future. If we all contribute now, we will build a strong defence and security capability, that keeps our nation safe for decades to come. And, if we all contribute now, we will build the equivalent of eight Snowy Mountains Schemes in new ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
CFA Societies in Australia and New Zealand have launched an initiative to encourage investors to assert their rights and demand higher standards of ethical conduct from the financial services industry and finance professionals. Investor First Week in ...

LUCRF divests $5 million of cluster munition and tobacco

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
LUCRF Super has approved the negative screening and divestment of cluster munition manufacturers and tobacco companies from its investment portfolios. The fund said that it held $4.5 million in cluster munition stocks and $522,000 in tobacco as of January ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... the resource names are trading lower, including BHP and Rio, but gold stocks are doing OK because gold tends to be a good safe haven play when the Russia situation is escalating." BHP Billiton was down 14 cents at $38.14 while Rio Tinto was down 30 cents ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Minute to win it!... or rather the minutes of the Fed's 18-19 March FOMC meeting win it for Wall Street. The S&P 500 and the Dow jumped by 1.1% and yesterday's hated Nasdaq is now loved again, up 1.7%. But this was - more or less - how we saw it when ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... should be able to trust that financial advice is independent and in their best interests; that their hard-earned money is safe; and that, on the promise of commission, they're not being sold a lemon." "Currently, that isn't always the case". The submission ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... 57 in Bloomberg's survey and just 2 - perhaps the same 2 - out of 72 economist polled by Reuters got it wrong. Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European Central Bank (ECB) to announce ...

OneVue reshuffles board ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
OneVue has overhauled its board ahead of its IPO, with three members stepping down, but chair Gail Pemberton retaining her position. Major OneVue shareholder Michael Cole will depart due to time constraints and potential conflicts of interest, the company ...