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Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... continued bid for securities with this characteristic, however we continue to believe this is an artificial distortion of security prices brought about by central bank policy. "This has most likely brought forward future returns in these stocks making ...

AIA Australia improves adviser quoting and app tool

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... the industry and occupation database to include the mining industry; multi-policy creation capability; improvements to security measures for credit card payments - plus the option of signatureless applications to reduce the time and paper work related ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... especially Australia. No not because, for A$24 million (according to The Age), it has bought a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council but because, contrary to the gloom and doom predictions that China is gonna land hard, fresh data suggests that ...

Retire mortgage debt with super: CPSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... as intrinsically bad - especially with unaffordable housing contributing significantly to poverty in retirement. With security of tenure being paramount to older people, CPSA research and policy officer, Amelia Christie, said paying down mortgage debt ...

Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... wanted to get out of the equity market already have, he said. "Markets are rising for the right reasons - income and security - despite the well-documented risks." Markets now have an opportunity to build on what appears to be a consolidating platform ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... that the Corporations Act prohibits investors from selling securities on market with the intention of buying back that security on market - sometimes referred to as a wash trade. Unless the issue is resolved, banning off-market transfers will have the ...

Qantas Super taps MLC for insurance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... respectively. Chair of Qantas Super Anne Ward said the new offcer gives members "greater peace of mind and improved financial security". "By offering competitive premiums and easy access to high levels of cover, we have significantly improved the insurance ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Acknowledging the importance of the stricter fiduciary rule but not one that becomes counterproductive, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) assistant secretary Phyllis C. Borzi, said in a statement, "We have said all along that we will take ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... against falling national living standards, this should be enough to trigger a political storm akin to a national (economic) security crisis. Against this backdrop, calls to protect uncompetitive industries and slowdown economic restructuring to prevent ...

US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... publicised reasons for this mammoth amount of debt (the GFC, various wars and the bank bailout), the issues of social security and minimum wage need to be held accountable, said John Abernethy, chief investment officer, Clime. "In our view it is the ...