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FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
Australian stocks are weaker as investors grow increasingly concerned about the US government shutdown and the possibility the country will end up defaulting on its debt. Local shares dropped after falls on global markets overnight, and the market's ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
It's official folks...we now have a bear market -- a bear market in gold, that is. The yellow metal no longer shines Virginia. Gold's spot price closed at US$1484.07 an ounce. That's a 21.8% drop from its all-time closing high of US$1898.25 per ounce ...

Industry groups join forces to mount super campaign

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Industry groups have warned politicians to guarantee that no further changes will be made to superannuation. This morning both the Financial Services Council and the newly-formed SMSF Owners' Alliance gave Federal Government a March 12 deadline, the ...

New charity regulator promises less red tape

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Australian charities could face less red tape and donors may feel more confident that their money is going where it should following the launch of a new national charity regulator today. Assistant treasurer, David Bradbury, officially launched the Australian ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
'Twas another up day on Wall Street overnight as investors bought a lotta Apple and other techs and... optimism on a cliff deal. "Twas another good day in Europe - the Stoxx 600 closed 0.7% higher to an 18-month high -- despite the European Central ...

Strong growth from Australian fund managers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Australian fund managers have once again grown strongly, according to research from Towers Watson. There are now 23 Australian managers in the Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson World 500, five more than last year. These managers have an aggregate ...

Upside from frontier markets untapped: Feriani

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
When the tide turns on an economic climate that cultivates negativity, a lot more investment will find its way to a basket of frontier markets currently overlooked by emerging market index providers. That's the view of Dr Slim Feriani, chief executive ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
No mas por fabor ! You're probably as tired sick of reading about Greece, Spain, QEs and changing rhetoric from the who's who of the G-20 as I am writing about them. Good thing equity markets in Australia and Asia were able to celebrate Greece's decision ...

FOFA will not be delayed: Minter Ellison

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Federal Government's FOFA legislation will be implemented on target, said Minter Ellison Lawyers at a roundtable yesterday. "I can't see there being any delays. It would require a change to legislation to do that and I'm sure that there won't be," ...