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WealthSure undertakes major reform of the business

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
WealthSure is undertaking a full reform of its business after it entered into an enforceable undertaking following concerns by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over poor compliance and failure to monitor advisers' actions. ...

Aberdeen MD Jollie joins FSC board

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management Australia managing director Brett Jollie has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Jollie joined Aberdeen in 2000, was head of European marketing at Aberdeen's Edinburgh office between 2004 and ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... then.A The federal funds rate went from 3% in January 1994 to 5.5% in December and 6.0% by February of the following year. Yes Virginia, the Fed doubled the cost of borrowing in just a month and a year! But...but (yeah me like buts), but what were US ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... adjustment (CCAdj)) increased $78.3 billion in the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of $26.6 billion in the first". Yes Virginia, we've left cactusville.A This is definitely a good set of numbers particularly if you account for all the negatives ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Recovering pension account balances in the US is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension ...

Coalition urged to rethink super slash costings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
The Coalition has been urged to reconsider its decision to scrap the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme and delay the increase of the super guarantee (SG), which it announced in its costings yesterday. In a joint statement, Women in ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
I thought this would happen, but not to happen so soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety ...

Super behemoths set to lock horns in Supreme Court

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Two behemoths of the superannuation industry, AustralianSuper and the Future Fund, will meet in the Victorian Supreme Court in mid-October to dispute the circumstances around the sale of a 29.7% stake in Perth airport. AustralianSuper, which manages ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... rise to the point that it becomes a tax on growth to the global economy? But hang on...haven't we seen this movie before?A Yes we have...twice. Iraq War Part 1: "Operation Desert Storm" (1991) Just as today, the prelude to war had been punctuated by ...

NAB embroiled in £1.3 billion UK bank scandal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
The National Australia Bank (NAB) owned Scottish bank Clydesdale Bank is one of 13 UK banks that will have to pay back customers after they mis-sold protection for identity theft and credit card fraud. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday ...