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PIS appoints PwC as independent expert

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will monitor independent dealer group Professional Investment Services (PIS) for the next nine months after an order was issued yesterday by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). PwC will report back ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... closely as well, and we will act as needed to ensure that inflation moves back toward our 2 percent objective over time." Yes my lovely, Uncle Ben's brought back the risk of deflation last night. You only have to look at what the Bank of Japan (BOJ) ...

Zurich makes platform debut, mulls providers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Zurich has entered the platform space for the first time and is set to make its Wealth Protection available in several platforms. Zurich's Retail Life and Investments general manager Philip Kewin told Financial Standard that the company is looking at ...

Class Super gains ground in SMSF software race

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
ASX-listed company CountPlus has invested one million shares in SuperIP, the holding company of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super. Class Super said this foreshadows the company's intention to publicly list the company ...

Clients want a "social" relationship with advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
More than half of adviser clients would like to communicate with their adviser via social media platforms, LinkedIn's Sascha Ambrose told the audience at the first day of the AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit in Melbourne. According to Ambrose, 73% of ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Reverend Cleophus James: Do you see the light? Elwood: What light? Reverend Cleophus James: Have you seeeen the light? Jake: Yes! Yes! Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ...I have seen the light! Reverend Cleophus James: Praise God! Elwood: And God bless the ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... gospel according to Ben together, their message didn't really depart so much from Ben Bernanke's statement on the 19th of June. Yes, that one -- the one that sent jitters down the spine of everyone and their dogs. The one I've been trying so deym hard ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... were when China's economy went from double-digit rates of growth in 2006 to early 2008 to single digits? We were spooked. Oh yes, we all were. Remember that number bandied about at which China could grow no less or there'll be riots on the streets of ...

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors wanting to delegate management, but also wanting to keep tabs on their investments, are being urged to consider separately managed accounts (SMAs) and managed discretionary accounts (MDAs). SMSF solution ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013