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Momentum for mFund service gathering despite uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... stage many fund managers are still determining the benefits of using the service. Speaking at a media lunch in Sydney yesterday BNP Paribas Securities Services' head of asset and fund services Justin Burman said: "The question is whether the fund management ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... come off Thursday's sharp gains, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "This is not unexpected considering yesterday's strong gains," he said. "Today will be about consolidation." He said the gold sector was up as investors focus on gold miners. ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... get, for what the Politburo wants, it gets... or heads will roll (sometimes literally). In his speech before the BOE yesterday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang again (but some just refuse to listen) told us what the politburo wants: "I can promise everyone ...

Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... distribution, according to YBR Funds Management's Christopher Joye. Speaking at the Financial Standard MAX forum in Sydney yesterday, Joye said there was a surprisingly large gap in this market. "Why aren't there websites that allow us to buy all financial ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... Super, ING Direct and La Trobe Financial received the top awards at the Financial Standard MAX Forum, which took place yesterday in Sydney. The MAX Awards recognise thought leaders and innovators in sales and marketing within the financial services industry. ...

Cormann ready to issue views on Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... before Parliament." Cormann's move is the next step for the amended FoFA legislation after the Senate Committee issued yesterday the conclusions of its inquiry into the reforms to the financial advice law proposed by the government. The government will ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... profits of larger financial services companies." Both Labor and the Greens tabled dissenting reports to the Parliament yesterday, as the Senate Economics Committee presented the conclusions to its inquiry into the Coalition's proposed FoFA amendments. ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... US$1.70) - by the time 2014 calls it quits. What gives? I've counted the ways put forth by currency experts in this space yesterday, allow me now to put forth my own musing. This is where "wagging the doggie" comes in. It's been generally-accepted that ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... knock it off its perch because it's not only the strong Australian dollar, it's also the weak US dollar," Mr Smith said yesterday." (this was ANZ head honcho Mike Smith). The A$ was fetching around US$1.0818 - just below the US$1.1004 hit six trading ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... modern awards, after the full Federal Court found the expert panel was incorrectly constituted. In a statement released yesterday the president of the FWC, Justice Iain Ross said that the default fund selection process was formally on hold. "In consequence ...