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ASIC to renew focus on misleading advertising

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has listed advertising of financial products as one of the current and future areas of focus in its latest enforcement report. The regulator has achieved 256 enforcement outcomes in the six ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
More than 286,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have unmet advice needs, representing a huge opportunity for financial advisers, according to new research from Investment Trends. SMSFs who say they have unmet advice needs are prepared to pay up to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates near zero and surprisingly strong second-quarter US economic growth data. At 0807 AEST on Thursday, the September ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is higher with resource stocks the early gainers. The sector continues to outperform by almost eight per cent in July. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said that while miners had enjoyed their best month in about a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is trading flat, though marked by a plunge in the shares of insurer QBE. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local bourse was "as flat as a tack". He said overseas leads had been okay, but a profit downgrade ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Wilson Asset Management's listed investment company, WAM Capital, has reported a record profit pre-tax profit of $90.5 million for the 12 months to 30 June following strong investment performance. The figure represents a rise of 68.8% on last year. ...

Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
Funds allocated to index strategies grew 28% in the 12 months to end of March 2014, taking the total proportion of the funds management market it represents to a record high of 19%, new data from Rainmaker Information reveals. The rise is the fastest ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Financial advisers could play a key role in protecting clients against the rise of identity theft and data fraud, Zurich Australia said. As many as 45% of financial advisers feel that offering clients protection from identity theft could add value to ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after little change on Wall Street where the S&P 500 inched toward another record high. At 0807 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,540. Locally, no major ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) review of default superannuation will cost $400 million and throw the superannuation of 2.25 million Australians into "turmoil", the Financial Services Council (FSC) has claimed. The FSC's claims come on the back of a ...