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Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Standard: "I think one of the challenges for inquiries and commissions is to make sure they are doing a balanced review. And at times there is more of a political agenda." He went on: "We need to focus on our membership, deliver to our membership, and ...

Steve Tucker and Paul Heath launch HNW business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... selling them into products that may or may not suit them. This enables us to genuinely put our clients' interests first at all times." Heath said: "A major benefit for our clients is that Koda Capital is not aligned with or owned by a financial institution ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... management vehicle." It also said that over the past five years, the amount of funds borrowed using LRBAs increased almost 18 times, from $497 million in June 2009 to $8.7 billion in June 2014 and could pose a risk to our superannuation system. "Direct ...

Murray calls for end to LRBAs

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... management vehicle." It also said that over the past five years, the amount of funds borrowed using LRBAs increased almost 18 times, from $497 million in June 2009 to $8.7 billion in June 2014 and could pose a risk to our superannuation system. "Direct ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... announcing the release of the report it's clear who won this fight: consumers by a country mile. I lost count of how many times Murray spoke of the "paradigm shift", "information asymmetry" and how the financial system stacks the odds against consumers. ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... take that arbitrage away? Credit upgrades in emerging markets have over-compensated for the defaults and the market is 10 times deeper than it was 10 years ago. I think its people's natural xenophobia. "You have to go back a long time to find a significant ...

Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
Fifteen per cent of Australians check their phones more than 50 times a day, according to the latest survey from Deloitte, which the company says highlights the huge opportunity for financial services providers to improve mobile offerings. The inaugural ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... projects with private investors" (Bloomberg). As per Bloomie, "The new entity is designed to have an impact of about 15 times its size, making it the anchor of the EU's 300 billion-euro investment program..." and is "designed to make use of existing ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... months before, when Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang told us what he likes, in black and white. Writing in Britain's The Times newspaper last June, Premier Li told us: "China's economy needs to grow at a proper rate, expected to be around 7.5 per cent ...

Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... asset on TIAA Henderson's recommendation in 2013, achieving £97 million ($177 million) profit in four years. "In previous times, when funds have gone off-shore, the experience hasn't gone as well as they would have liked. We believe there's no an opportunity ...