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FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
A Senate alliance between Labor, the Greens and three crossbench Senators has pushed for a motion to disallow the Coalition's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation in a move that could put the industry immediately into ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial services is now Australia's largest industry, accounting for 9% of gross domestic product, a new report has found. The report, which was commissioned by the Financial Services Council and UBS Global Asset Management, also found that "booming ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street fluctuated amid concern over Japan slipping back into recession. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 5,437. In local economic news ...

Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Independence, the flexibility to build an approved product list and cheaper, more advanced technology and platforms are encouraging more advisers to leave large licensees and strike out on their own. The big four banks and AMP have collectively seen ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Promises, promises. The G20 gabfest has come... and gone, but were it not for the much-awaited "will he, won't he" - that is, will Tony "shirtfront" Vlad, won't he? - 'twas, for all intents, and purposes as sleepy as Brisbane is. Oh yeah, Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished mainly slightly higher. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,475. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.1 per cent ...

Chi-X Australia makes senior appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Chi-X Australia has appointed Peter Warton as head of market operations. Warton joins from equity trading and market making firm Tibra, where he was global head of IT operations. He has 25 years' industry experience in roles related to software development ...

ASFA launches blueprint for post-retirement system

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has attempted to break the deadlock on retirement income innovation with the launch of a paper that sets out a framework for building an effective post-retirement system. Entitled A New Framework ...

New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Independently-owned advisory firm Fortnum Financial Group has launched a new business targeting accountants aiming to become licenced to provide financial advice. Fortnum Professional Strategies will provide class of product licensing as well as education ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a subdued performance on Wall Street with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 flat in late afternoon trading. At 0905 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...