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Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
IOOF managing director Christopher Kelaher has told a Senate committee today that claims of widespread wrongdoing at the company have no basis of fact. "I'm confident that I can confirm to you and the broader community that the company has an extremely ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has picked up after a poor start and is relatively flat, after the Reserve Bank signalled that it remains open to further cuts to interest rates. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local bourse had swung upwards ...

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Global institutional investors are unperturbed by the threat of a market correction and continue to pile into equities. That's according to new investor behaviour research by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), which conducted the research in January ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Seniors advocate group COTA Australia is encouraged that politicians and the broader community are realising the importance and inter-relation of superannuation, taxation, and age pension policies. COTA chief executive Ian Yates recently said the policies ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

Treasury consults on unclaimed monies time window

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Treasury has issued a discussion paper announcing a review into the period before which monies held in inactive bank accounts and life insurance policies are transferred to the government. In releasing the discussion paper this week, Finance minister ...

APRA announces draft 2014-15 supervisory levies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and Treasury have issued a discussion paper on the proposed supervision levies they wish to impose on financial entities for next financial year. In the paper APRA said it needs to raise $117 million ...

Advisers need soft skills first to engage new clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Soft skills and the ability to enthuse clients are more important than the value of the advice service during the first stages of the financial planning process. The latest CoreData 'Financial planning shadow shop' report revealed that the most successful ...

AustralianSuper takes 50% stake in UK shopping centre

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
AustralianSuper's in-house property investment team has made its first direct property investment in the shape of a shopping centre in the UK garden city of Milton Keynes. AustralianSuper has teamed up with BT Pension Scheme - one of the largest in ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Women are developing deep seated concerns over not having enough retirement funds, according to the MLC Australian Wealth Sentiment Survey. The survey questioned more than 2000 Australians, with special emphasis on gender, age and location. The main ...