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Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Super fund returns for the 12 months to end October have jumped to 16.1% reveals latest figures from the SelectingSuper workplace rolling 12 month default option index. The improvement means super funds are delivering their best returns in three and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets. At 0859 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,257. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Australian stocks have started the week on a flat note, despite mining stocks receiving a boost from positive Chinese economic data. Commsec market analyst Stephen Daghlian said the local market had little in the way of a lead from Wall Street, where ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we cast our eyes back and revisit some of the biggest trends affecting the worlds of advice, investment and superannuation this year. We've also rounded up 2013's best quotes from the many of the financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened higher following a solid night on global equity markets. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was taking its lead from Wall Street, which received a boost from positive US consumer confidence and employment ...

Accountants cautious to enter advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Accountants are entering the advice space in very limited numbers and almost six months after the accountant exemption ended, only 31 have applied for a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL). "Accountants will not be rushing into limited ...

Government takes credit for SuperStream savings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Financial advisers are still servicing very few and very wealthy clients, despite the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform's objective of bringing advice to more Australians. Only 15% of Australians use a financial adviser, the Global Investor Pulse ...

Planners need discretion on SMSF cost advice: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Former Labor minister for climate change Greg Combet will take up a position on the board of industry fund-owned investment manager IFM Investors. The appointment comes a month after it was announced that Combet would be taking up a year-long advisory ...