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New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... SMSFs." So-called 'member direct investment options' within some APRA-regulated funds including AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS and ING Direct Living Super allow members to exercise a great deal of choice in selecting their own investments. There is also cost ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... Australian wealth management market in the years ahead," the report continued. "A memorable example in the banking segment was when ING Direct entered the Australian market and turned the savings market on its head with its low cost online offering ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... changed - China's action is "currency war" and currency intervention. Duh! What did they think the Fed's aim was when it was QE-ing?...and the ECB?...and the BOJ? Not one's accusing them of being currency manipulators. Now the narrative has changed - ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... supporting the initiative are ANZ, Bank of Queensland, Bank of Melbourne, Bankwest, BT Financial Group, Commonwealth Bank, ING, ME Bank, MLC, NAB, St. George and Westpac. The only superannuation fund in the list is AustralianSuper, while fund managers ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... AllianceBernstein (AB) Global Equities Fund by adding the fund to its multi-manager portfolio. AB chief executive officer Australia, Jen Driscoll, said a differentiated approach to delivering consistent and competitive investment returns would complement ...

PM Capital global fund returns $50.3m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... officer Paul Moore said. The portfolio is 85% invested in equities and its top 10 holdings include Lloyds Banking Group (UK), ING Groep (Netherlands), Google (US), JP Morgan Chase (US), Oracle Corporation (US), Intercontinental Exchange (US), Pfizer ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... individual." The brand recognition and loyalty theme is evident in the recent recruitment of Isla Fisher as an ambassador for ING Direct. The bank's executive director of customers, John Arnott, said at the campaign launch it was about "walking the talk" ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... much, too often and for so long that others think they come and have a go at us, Australians all, too. I was literally ROFL-ing when I read this piece from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) yesterday. The heading says it all really: "Apple, Google and ...

Draft amendments to OTC rules released

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives it has released. This is the latest step in a series of reforms aimed at bringing Australia in line with other developed financial markets. In December 2014 the Government announced that it would proceed ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... interest rates and monetary policy to achieve its macroeconomic objectives". The fact is that the RBA just cannot compete with QE-ing central banks. Is Ben suggesting what I think he's suggesting? "I'm pretty confident [quantitative easing programs] ...