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ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Ho ho ho! Santa's in town. That's the feeling one gets when one looks at the Australian equity markets' performance on the first trading day of that merriest month of the year. The S&P/ASX 200 index started the day strong and finished stronger - up ...

Retirees should draw on home equity: Productivity Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Australia's older home owners could achieve a modest retirement living standard by drawing on their home equity according to a Productivity Commission report released today. The report, Housing Decisions of Older Australians, suggests most older Australians' ...

Registrations for 2016 Chief Economists Forum open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Leading Australian economist Saul Eslake will be the master of ceremonies at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum taking place in February. The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist extends his association with the thought-leadership ...

Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) estimates that in the past decade bank-owned super fund members have been gouged by about $7.1 billion for above market fees to in-house suppliers. The estimate was released hours before the Senate will hold its final ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
It didn't happen overnight, but it will happen. It may be a bit of an anti-climax but it's now official... the Chinese yuan will formally join the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound in the International Monetary Fund's basket ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor for providing untruthful statements that were deliberately misleading. Manoj Abichandani of New South Wales was also deemed by the regulator as not a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor. ASIC imposed ...

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
The passing of the last amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation puts the controversial bill to bed and marks the start of a new age for financial advisers. Years of policy tinkering and regulatory uncertainty ended last week ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Francly my dear, it couldn't have come soon enough. No Virginia, that wasn't a typo for the Swiss franc is back in the news again. As Bloomberg reports, "The franc fell against all but one of its 16 major peers Friday." "The franc dropped 0.7 percent ...

APRA appoints deputy chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
APRA has appointed a new deputy chair. Helen Rowell became an APRA member in 2013 after joining in 2002; prior to that, she was a partner at Towers Perrin. Treasurer Scott Morrison described her as "very well regarded by the financial services industry." ...

Zurich restructures retail life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Zurich has restructured its retail life insurance services, including reducing term and total and permanent disablement rates. The changes have been designed to accommodate the new life insurance framework which commences in July 2016. In addition to ...