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Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Last-minute Stronger Super reprieve averts "ludicrous situation"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
While the majority of the Stronger Super reforms now apply, the government has deferred two of its last-minute measures, after many in the industry said it was impossible to comply. The first measure to be deferred is the product dashboard for MySuper ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... credentials as a lawyer. Vamos said the portfolio now has better resources to deal with the implementation of reforms such as Stronger Super and Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). "It's now got enough resources at the ministerial level to really help ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Billiton down nine cents $31.28 and Rio Tinto was 12 cents weaker at $52.25. If manufacturing figures from China are stronger than expected, resources stocks are likely to rise. Shares in drilling services company Boart Longyear have fallen heavily after ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... closed a tough week on a high, putting on 1.50 per cent, or 29.19 points, to 1,979.21, while Seoul finished 1.56 per cent stronger, adding 28.62 points to 1,863.32. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 23.212 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4440.173.

But industry bodies see FoFA delay "unlikely"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann welcomed Brogden's proposal. "The implementation of FoFA and Stronger Super clearly should be extended by 12 months," Cormann said. "It is highly undesirable to have large numbers of financial ...

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has asked new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a last-minute delay to the commencement of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and StrongerSuper reforms. Due to begin on July 1, the FSC has lobbied for a 12-month delay ...

Two new MySuper approvals bring total to 43

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... be known as NFS MySuper. "We see compliance with regulatory reform as part of our ongoing improvements for the Fund. Stronger Super will make a positive difference in many areas of superannuation, despite the short-term pain of compliance. However, it ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... are in a good place because they win if the Fed don't taper and if the Fed does because it means that the economy is stronger and the recovery sustainable. Or shorter-term, market nerves appear to have been quieted by soothing words from central bankers. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 81.4, up from 74.3 in May. After weeks of selling in spite of signs of stronger growth, "we may be at a point were good news is good news," said Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets. LONDON - Europe's ...