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House passes professional standards bill

EMMA RAPAPORT | WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017

... financial practice following their vote against Labor's proposed financial advice measures. "The house calls on current Liberal and National Party parliamentarians to apologise for the disregard their colleagues in the 43rd parliament showed for the ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017

The times they are a-changin'. Three major central banks - the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - one day after another last week but did many give a hoot? Sure, it was hardly news because all three kept ...

Advisers must understand psychological differences

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016

Financial advisers must understand fundamental psychological differences between clients and the impact this has on financial decisions, new NAB research shows. The research shows there are three regions of the brain that are anatomically different ...

Independent body will make new standards simpler: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016

... suppose that will be another question and will be decided by the independent body. "They're going to be very broad and very liberal for accepting degrees for existing planners."

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016

... The ruling coalition won by a landslide at the 10 July elections. Of the 121 seats up for grabs in the Upper House, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got 56 seats and its coalition partner, Komeito secured 14 seats. This, together with other parties ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016

Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015

... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to have at least one third independent directors, and appoint an independent chair. Liberal senator Sean Edwards chaired the Senate Economics Legislation Committee and prepared the final report. "The committee is ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015

"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015

... another system which benefits wealthy banks. This is blatantly linked to the millions of dollars in political donations the Liberal party receives from the financial institutions," TWU assistant national secretary Michael Kaine said. "Industry funds ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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