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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a positive lead from Wall Street which withstood a poor durable goods report and a disappointing outlook from Apple that pushed the Nasdaq into the red. At 0820 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share ...

Global economy on a knife edge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Planners shy away from margin lending advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Financial planners are shying away from margin lending advice following falls in the margin lending market in the second and third quarters of 2013. The proportion of planners advising on margin lending fell from 55% in 2012 to 45% in 2013, according ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has focused its first document outlining guidance for the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 on the management of conflicts of interest. The document details the actions that registered tax agents should take in case ...

Government must recycle brownfield infra: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged federal and state governments to adopt the capital recycling model for infrastructure development to attract superannuation investment. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower when trade resumes after the Australia Day long weekend. Wall Street fell for the fifth consecutive session overnight, as investors wait on key economic developments in the US and global economy. At 0800 AEDT ...

Lifecycle the future of pensions globally: Mercer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Lifecycle strategies are the future of both retail and industry superannuation, despite the latter so far favouring the static strategic asset allocation (SAA) for their MySuper options, according to Mercer senior partner Graeme Mather. Researched released ...

Tarrant appeals AAT banning order

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Tarrants managing director Ross Tarrant has appealed the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) decision to ban him from providing financial services for seven years. Tarrant was sued by about 100 investors in the case of the Trio Capital fraud for ushering ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Australian shares are weaker, following surprisingly weak Chinese manufacturing data. The HSBC purchasing managers' index on Thursday showed Chinese manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in January, with a reading of 49.6, down from December's ...

Risk Premium inflows up 9.6% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Risk Premium inflows increased 9.6% year on year in the 12 months to 31 December, according to the latest figures from Plan For Life. AIA Australia led the way with inflows increasing by 20.1% during the year. BT / Westpac saw the second highest inflows ...