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Prayin' for a taperin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... happy, we're happy too. The Australian bourse soared to its biggest one-day gain in two weeks to near five-year highs yesterday. Hip, hip. We've got easy monetary policy here too you know. Record low interest rates - official cash rate at 2.5% -- that's ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said that the expansionary effect that can be seen in the market ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... it, the All Ordinaries index has now reached its highest level since June 2008. The All Ords closed at 5,321 points yesterday, taking its overall gain this year to date up to 14.7% (18.6% including dividends). The quick take is that the domestic bourse ...

Advisers need to overcome financial planning stigma

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... planning as a general concept. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FSPB) United States chief executive Noel Maye said yesterday that "people trust their financial adviser, but they don't trust that amorphous thing called financial advice." Maye said ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

Get longevity risk right on DLAs, warns APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Speaking at an event in Sydney yesterday, Laughlin said that APRA will pay close attention to DLA providers' longevity risk calculations, in addition to investment ...

ISA asks for scaled, affordable advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... "financial advice should be affordable, in members' best interests and appropriate to their needs." The organisation, which yesterday announced a rename from Industry Super Network to the current ISA, acknowledged that "most industry super funds provide ...

Wealth Within targets SMSFs with new platform

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... accounting module which will allow financial planners and accountants to work together," she said. At a product launch yesterday Zerbes and managing director Denis Celata said that Global One differed from other platforms by being a "one-stop shop" for ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... stand-off in US budget talks in Congress meant a temporary shutdown of the federal government was likely. "We reacted yesterday, and given the US market had a reaction similar to ours, we've decided to await further developments," CMC Markets analyst ...