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FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial planners are frustrated with the sudden and unexpected change to the laws governing financial advice, with some raising particular concerns about the requirement to regularly ask clients to resign their contracts, known as the opt-in requirement. ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
One month's tick up in a single index is all it took for euro area financial markets to go loco. Yes Virginia, they've gone loco over reports that economic sentiment in the region's locomotive - Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... achieve my many goals." Japan wants economic growth, and inflation, and to reduce its public debt -- all noble goals. The problem is Japan wants to have all these at the same time. And now look what happened. Three months (January) before the consumption ...

ASFA launches blueprint for post-retirement system

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... population is going to be a game changer when it comes to retirement incomes policy. It's time we stop pointing at the problem, and start developing the solutions required to deliver a better system for Australia's retirees. This will require innovation ...

FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... currently underway in the group insurance market, the group model itself is under threat. Weatherhead articulated the problem in the following way: "The gap in price between a typical group insurance policy and a retail policy has narrowed, and some ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... recession nearly four years ago now. Morgan Stanley lowered its GDP growth forecast to 3.2% (from 3.4%) this year -- not a big problem this side of the New Year. It is at the other side though that's the worry, with the economy predicted to grow by only ...

Suncorp completes insurance review after breaches

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Suncorp has finalised an independent review and remediation of compliance systems across its life and general insurance businesses. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requested the remediation program in June 2013 after it received ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... start buying asset backed securities later this year, and rumoured to be eyeing corporate bonds for its next purchase. The problem with all these is... the tight supply. According to reports, there's not much for the ECB to buy in order to raise its ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... stakeholder interests, such as mine development and hydraulic fracturing, corporation tax avoidance, poker machines and problem gambling, the impact of plastic beverage containers on the environment, and the link between fast food and obesity. The paper ...

Cbus sacks alleged leaker, plans governance review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... prepared to sacrifice the interests of Cbus members in preference to the interests of CFMEU demonstrates a serious cultural problem at Cbus?" Atkin responded: "I think that it demonstrates a significant problem for Cbus that we need to get to the bottom ...