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Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... all along, that whatever they decide on could come back to bite them on their collective behinds and... ultimately, Uncle Sam's. You don't have to decipher codes, no guessing what the Fed was implying, no Fedspeak, the minutes from the Fed's 16-17 September ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
The government's decision to hold off raising the superannuation guarantee will cost young people tens of thousands of dollars in retirement savings, according to figures released by Industry Super Australia. A 25-year-old on $40,000 a year will miss ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... proposed changes to FoFA will now have to be voted for in the Senate, where Labor Senator and chair of the Economics Committee Sam Dastyari will present today a motion to disallow the changes. As many as 82 members voted in favour of the bill in the ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... Malaysian Airlines MH17 on 17 July. But we'll let sleeping dogs lie for now Toto. For now, Goldilocks is back in town in Uncle Sam country. Data out last night show good news on the housing front. Overall US housing starts soared by 15.7% to an annualised ...

New report stokes 'Compare the Pair' flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
A new superannuation report by the McKell Institute has fanned the flames of the on-going performance debate between industry and retail funds by highlighting the returns gap between the two segments over the last 25 years. The research uses historical ...

AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS launch own-brand debit cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... does not exist yet, but that they are working on it. ME Bank is not the only bank to have explored the possibilities of white-labelling its banking products for super funds. In July Citi Group told Financial Standard it had developed the same capability ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... tabled the regulations of amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments yesterday in the Senate. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari presented an order for the production of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of Financial Advice) ...

ISA to change Compare the Pair ads

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will change its 'Compare the Pair' advertising campaign to include disclaimers after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern that the ads were misleading to consumers. In future advertisements ...

Intra-fund advice is also a commission: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) said that asking for a ban of commissions on general advice is "hypocritical" when intra fund advice itself is "non-transparent." FSC policy and global markets director Andrew Bragg and senior policy manager Cecilia ...

Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... low average deal size and longer sales cycles." He also said major piece of advice he gave AustralianSuper was to focus on white collar as well blue collar workers. "Yes, you may need to change your messaging; yes, you may need to change the way you ...