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FPA principles push fee transparency to highest levels ever

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched a set of principles in a bid to improve planner fee transparency and give consumers more control over charges and commissions. While the move is designed to give consumers more control and awareness ...

Daily economic update

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its benchmark interest rate overnight to 2.5 per cent from 2.25 per cent. The latest move marks the second rate hike in three months. At a press conference following its decision, ECB President Jean Claude Trichet ...

Investment banks and structured providers move into lending

What happens when you mix credit management, structured products and the flexibility of a boutique? You get what might be the next generation of margin lending products. Bassem Jammal, managing director of boutique margin lender LIFT Capital, explained ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower, following a negative lead from Wall Street and European markets overnight. However strong base metal prices, coupled by a lift in the gold and crude oil prices, should provide some support for local ...

Retail gross inflows break $200bn for 2005: Plan For Life

... inflows for the year to December were $205 billion, up 12 per cent on the previous year, according to industry researchers Plan For Life's December quarter results. The big winners in the retail managed fund sector over the 2005 year were: Macquarie ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

In a bold move to answer the clarion call for a more transparent and flexible adviser fee structure, the largest platform provider in the country, National/MLC, has launched a 'fee for service' version of its flagship MasterKey product. This month ...

Online broking competition to heat up

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
Commonwealth Bank's stockbroking business Commsec may face a bigger challenge this year to its leadership of the online broking market as competitors Westpac and National Australia Bank market have upgraded online trading platforms. With listed company ...

Super benefits buried under gobbledygook

Thousands of dollars in superannnuation savings from 'super splitting' and 'transition to retirement' legislation might all come to nought unless you or your financial planner understands the jargon involved. In a Mariner Retirement Strategy and Planning ...

Thirty dealer groups up for $300m in Westpoint recovery

Of the 75 to 100 financial advisers implicated in the Westpoint saga, class actions to recover $300 million are likely to centre on as few as 30 adviser groups, according to class action firm Slater & Gordon. Slater & Gordon's commercial litigation ...

Count to include equity release on approved list

Financial planning group Count Financial will include equity release products on their approved list, aimed at the growing number of retirees nicknamed the MERLOTs and SKI-ers. Retirees of the 'More Equity Release - Lots more' (MERLOTs) and 'Spending ...