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US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
US financial services professional associations fire another salvo in their 5-year fight over limiting the application of fiduciary rules for financial advisers. Speaking to the Bipartisan Policy Center last month, the chief executive of the Securities ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Move on people, nothing to see here today. Go away and enjoy a long lunch or plant a tree. This applies to equity markets seeking direction from overnight activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial index weaved and bobbed through intra-day trade ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The federal ALP opposition has outlined a change to their superannuation tax policy that they estimate could save $1.4 billion per year and help rebalance superannuation. The policy was outlined by shadow Treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen who said it ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
When Patrick McClure AO released his report into the review of Australia's $150 billion welfare system in February, one important aspect that seems to have escaped the gaze of commentators was its advocacy of social impact bonds (SIB). SIBs, also sometimes ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group releases its Performance of Services Index for January. In equities news, Echo Entertainment is expected to post half year earnings results. The Australian sharemarket on Tuesday hit its highest level ...

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... should also be conducted in a secure environment, to maintain the exam's integrity and to avoid cheating." Medcraft's comments echo those of ANZ Bank, which called for a national adviser exam In its submission to the Senate Economics Reference Committee ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Everything is political and especially so with the super-charged high stakes poker game on display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening ...

Scale not what it used to be

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... place. He said large funds are able to do this very effectively as well but they have to be more tactical. Page's comments echo how, while fund size may matter to the superannuation industry, it probably doesn't matter much to members who most likely ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... quarter. In equities news, ANZ is expected to post full year results and Macquarie Group is slated to release half year results. Echo Entertainment, Newcrest Mining and Hills have annual general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A chase for yield, combined with investor empowerment and lack of education could be the perfect storm for a large scale self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) collapse, according to Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen). Speaking at a media briefing ...