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Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
I wasn't missing a few screws after all. Yesterday, I ranted and admitted on this space that I was confused with Wall Street's reaction - it was up strongly - despite "headlines upon headlines alluding to a September lift-off". "Wall Street's positive ...

ASIC issues digital disclosure guidance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... annual superannuation information, additional information provided by a superannuation trustee and unsolicited offers to purchase financial products off-market. In the guidance known as RG-221, ASIC said "disclosures may alternatively be 'made available ...

Gen Y can drive SMSF growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery sees a growth opportunity for financial advisers by delivering holistic services to increasing SMSF interest among Generation Y clients. Research commissioned by the SMSF Association and nabtrade shows ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... incentive structure for financial advice representatives to support the continuous needs of their customers even after the purchase of a financial product." Furthermore, noting that "financial advisers... are today remunerated largely based on sales ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Capturing an audience in the superannuation industry remains a challenge and in recent months several funds have rolled out new marketing campaigns to attract the biggest possible market. The question is, which Australians are paying attention? Breakfast ...

Perpetual, TAL advisers join independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Private and TAL. Manly Financial Services (MFS) is aiming to maintain the current client growth of 30%, following the purchase of Augeo Wealth Management in 2014. The Sydney-based firm has appointed former Perpetual Private risk adviser Scott Anderson ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There are two things that arguably led Jonathan Hoyle to where he is now: Michael Lewis's autobiography, Liar's Poker, and the sight of fresh blood. The chief executive of Stanford Brown was 20 years old and studying biochemistry when he picked up a ...

Van Eck lists gold miners ETF on ASX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... portfolio, 13.5% to the United States, 10% to South Africa, 7.3% to Australia and 4.9% to China. "Many investors prefer to purchase gold miners' equities as their value historically has been more sensitive than bullion to the price of gold," Van Eck ...

Westpac to raise capital by divesting BTIM stake

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... shares) to Westpac and BTIM shareholders at the same price as the institutional offer. Retail investors will be able to purchase either $5,000 or $10,000 worth of BTIM ordinary shares, and total shares under the retail offer will be capped at 27 million ...