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CommSec hit with $700,000 fines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... contraventions occurred between August 2010 and February 2014, and involved 114,841 instances where necessary crossing disclosures were not provided. On top of that, CommSec issued 50,484 confirmations between May 2011 and February 2014 where similar ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... all the job losses in the commodities space. I probably can predict that the sustained price appreciation of housing will not continue, and that is something very interesting in terms of consequences and so should be thought about a lot."

How super investment option fees vary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... The price of diversified options for retail superannuation funds is on average around 25bps above diversified options for not-for-profit superannuation funds. The range of investment fees is wider in respect to asset specific options. While cash and ...

Ostrava wound up, directors banned

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... that anyone who breaches financial services laws or their duties as company directors faces serious consequences. ASIC will not tolerate this kind of egregious misconduct."

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
ASIC has published its Corporate Plan for 2016-17, which notes the industry still faces challenges in providing "good quality" financial advice. The Corporate Plan outlines ASIC's vision to "allow markets to fund the economy, and in turn, economic growth. ...

Energy Super rolls out digital advice service

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... fund's 48,000 members. "Our research has shown that people in our market demographic want to seek financial advice but do not want to sit down with an adviser without having a reasonable degree of understanding first," Beal explained. "They are typically ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... increase in the federal funds rate", the latest Institute of Supply Management (ISM) survey of the manufacturing sector does not. The ISM manufacturing index dropped to a reading of 49.4 in August - indicating the manufacturing sector is contracting ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... conservative positioning in our risk settings. We've been gradually reducing risk in the portfolio over the last 18 months, certainly not in any overly urgent way, but as returns have come down and risks have risen," he said. Future Fund chairman and ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... remuneration arrangements allowing commissions of 120% of the first year's premium created an incentive to offer advice that may not be in the best interests of the client, notwithstanding the legal requirements of the best interests' duty. "ASIC found ...

New board members, partnership for BondAdviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... bonds. Malkin said: "In partnering with BondAdviser, Baillieu Holst will benefit from having direct access to a service that not only provides research but also timely data and tools so that advisers can research, manage and track bond investments from ...