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Advice clients need greater clarity on fees: survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Financial advisers consistently misjudge their clients' understanding of advisory fee structures, thereby harming their own businesses, according to an industry survey. This is the key finding from a paper released by State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... or is it? The drop in the unemployment rate is due to the fall in the participation rate from 64.9% in July to 64.7% in August - more than expectations for a steady 64.9% -- suggesting that workers are discouraged from job-hunting and re-joining the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... prices dispel Rosengren's "overheating" warning. The economy is not importing inflation. Import prices fell by 0.2% in August - the first negative reading since February and compares with July's 0.1% increase and expectations for a 0.1% decline - for ...

ASIC hands down more permanent bans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP financial planner from providing financial services, deciding he is "not of good fame and character." Rommel Panganiban of New South Wales, an authorized representative of AMP Financial Planning between 2010 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... month - consistent with its long-term average. NAB also pointed out that while business conditions eased to plus 7 in August - the lowest reading since January this year - from plus 9 in the previous month, the index remains higher than its long-run ...

A-REITs will have to work harder in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Real estate fund manager Folkestone says several positives came out of the A-REIT reporting season and 2017 will present challenges to maintain the investment vehicle's strong returns. Folkestone's latest analysis shows A-REITs returned 26% in the year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australia lending finance Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed a sharp 9.0% increase in the total value commercial finance commitments in July, more than reversing the 8.2% drop in the previous month. The increase was driven by ...

Link directors resign

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Two Link Group directors have resigned following a sell down of remaining shares from two of the company's pre-IPO investors. Both Paul McCullagh and Cameron Blanks resigned from their board positions on Friday, following the previous day's sell down ...

CSC and Infratil make another co-investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and Infratil have been given the green light to progress an acquisition of Canberra Data Centres - a provider of outsourced data centre services. New Zealand-based Infratil said it recently received Foreign ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans responsible managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
ASIC recently cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Brisbane-based education and training business, The Sharemarket College. ASIC said the Sharemarket College failed to comply with a number of its obligations as a financial services ...