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Australia underperforms as China slows down: Russell

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Australia's 'triple treat' of a resilient domestic share market, a strong domestic currency and a solid property market is crumbling as the Australian dollar falls and China growth slows. The latest edition of the Russell Investments/ASX Long-term Investing ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
"I should stress that the actual course of policy will be determined by incoming data and what that reveals about the economy." This was the last iteration of "data dependent" you, I and Irene heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she spoke before ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The Australian market is set for a fairly flat open, after US and European markets lost ground on worries about a potential Greek exit from the euro zone. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,732. ...

AMP deflects ASIC attack reports

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... to 28 February 2015, and that the regulator may be investigating the proportion of clients being sold AMP products to determine whether AMP planners are meeting their best interest duty. As part of its ongoing Wealth Management Project, established in ...

Australia unprepared for FTAs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Responding to the above, Finsia is participating in a consortium of "professional membership organisations in Asia" to determine how to facilitate the "free movement of people" in financial services across the region, including having Australian qualifications ...

SSgA appointed to rebuild Findex investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... in-house, including managed discretionary account administration and research services. "SSGA will help Findex Group determine the best mix of assets and investment styles to ensure they are cost effective and deliver reliable, consistent performance," ...

Asian equities on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Regulatory, economic and technology-related changes are making Asian equities more appealing to investment managers this year, according to T. Rowe Price portfolio manager, Asia ex-Japan equity fund Anh Lu. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price equities discussion ...

Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Global consultancy firm Mercer recently launched a framework for super funds that reportedly tests and determines what the best retirement income strategies and products are. Titled 'Retirement Income: A framework for a complex problem', the document ...

ASIC developing regulatory guide for advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... regulator has participated in numerous advice review programs for major financial advice institutions, most notably CBA, to determine instances where clients have been compromised by non-compliance or fraud. It will use its experience with these programs ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The advice industry is divided over how to fund an insurance scheme to compensate clients who receive bad advice. A rise in professional indemnity premiums is only compounding the problem. Senators Nick Xenophon and Sam Dastyari proposed a statutory ...