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Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Labor and the Greens have asked the government to postpone again the vote on the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation until the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) releases its conclusions. "Labor Senators urge the government to withdraw ...

ASIC bans former Synchron adviser

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a former Synchron financial adviser from providing financial services for five years for failing to provide Statements of Advice (SOAs). Michael Richard Irwin, a Rockhampton-based ...

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
With most investors allocating much of their equity towards the big four and resources, Perennial Investment Partners has made a case for investing in small companies that make aluminum windows or own the Kangaroo Island ferries. "We see some near-term ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as the big four banks and resources companies suffer significant falls. Shares were being weighed down by lower commodity prices, ongoing concerns about conflict in Iraq and Syria, and talk the US Federal Reserve will lift ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at income-paying investments and the pros and cons of each asset class. We also look at mFund four months since its launch and profile AMP SMSF business' managing director Natasha Fenech. You can read ...

Market Wrap AM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a mixed result on Wall Street where the Dow reached another record high but the Nasdaq fell. At 0808 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,408 ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The answers to our niggling questions - we got most of 'em last week. Like a well-scripted slasher thriller, we've got the thrills, the spills, chilling suspense and then at the end of the day... the good guy gets the girl and walks. Financial markets ...

CommInsure offers alternative to group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... authority which enables CommInsure to collect future premiums on behalf of the consumer." CommInsure general manager retail advice Tim Browne said: "When paid with super money, Total Care Plan Super is a tax efficient insurance cover option which also ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS will launch a lifecycle investment option next year, becoming one of the few industry funds to do so. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the new investment option will tailor its investment ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Yesterday we found out that financial markets' worry about the Fed was too much ado about "considerable time". Any moment now, we'll get to know how the land of "Braveheart" and scotch on the rocks - Scotland - voted with regards to their divorce with ...