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Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... precise timeframe on when such a response would be made public. Last week Cbus commissioned former chair of the Australian Consumer and Competition Council Graeme Samuel to conduct an independent review of the fund's governance.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following overnight gains on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up 18 points at 5,595. Enthusiasm about Apple's latest product launches have propelled US stocks higher ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
A new government agency should be established to progress the global export of our funds management industry, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said in its second round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The new body, as envisaged ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
My oh my oh my and boyoboyoboy. There's just no pleasing us, Australians all, is there? Australians all let's not rejoice. No! Don't rejoice at National Statistician's official count that the economy of this land girt by sea expanded by 1.1% in the ...

FoFA changes to cost consumers millions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Consumers could be $530 million a year worse off as a result of the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, a report has found. The report, carried out by Rice Warner and commissioned by Industry Super Australia (ISA) ...

Dealer group Infocus buys MLC shares, becomes independent

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Dealer group Infocus Wealth Management's (Infocus) existing shareholders have bought back MLC's share of the business and will now become fully independently owned. Bucking rumours that the group was looking for an institutional parent, Infocus has ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Commonwealth Bank chief economist Michael Blythe has warned Australia to expect higher inflation as the dollar continues to fall. Presenting his 2014 economic forecast at an Australian Institute of Company Directors' (AICD) lunch in Sydney, Blythe said ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... was down 41 points at 5,220. In equities news on Tuesday, the National Australia Bank releases its Quarterly Australian Consumer Anxiety Index and special report entitled Factors Impacting Cost of Living. No major equities news is expected. In Australia ...

Advisers risk losing clients, fail to target new ones

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Financial planners are at risk of losing their current clients and are failing to see that, contrary to general perceptions, advice seekers are likely to be female, baby boomers and from less wealthy segments. About a third of advised Australians are ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The S&P 500 index closed on another record high. Ho-hum. It's been happening almost daily these days, it's no longer news...bo-ring. Reporting another inch up on the previous record high just doesn't cut it no more. How about "U.S. Stocks Rise, S&P ...