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Silk questions value of financial services intermediaries

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has questioned the value of financial services intermediaries such as advisers, mortgage brokers and superannuation trustees. Silk spoke yesterday at a panel session on "the over-intermediation of financial services" ...

PC calls for overhaul of public infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
The Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended a "comprehensive overhaul" of Australia's public infrastructure following the release a draft report on the topic. The report, which runs for nearly 600 pages, covers issues such as funding new projects ...

Advisers risk losing clients, fail to target new ones

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... seekers are likely to be female, baby boomers and from less wealthy segments. About a third of advised Australians are in danger of leaving their current adviser, CoreData Keys to Growth Report indicates. The study segments advised Australians into Bonded ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... the taper risk on their quants yet. The speculation "du jour" is that a December taper becomes a clear, real and present danger should Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report shows that the economy added more than the magic number of 200K last month. ...

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... inflation Kent Wilkes told Financial Standard that following several years of surprisingly subdued inflation, investors are in danger of being complacent about the problem. "Markets are always complacent because they tend to only forecast one year ahead. ...

Sinodinos hints at relaxing conflicted remuneration rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... Vamos shown to delegates at the industry body's annual conference in Perth yesterday, Sinodinos said the industry was in danger of getting to a point where onerous compliance obligations could lead to advise being priced out of the grasp of those who ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
New South Wales Treasurer Mike Baird has proposed a new taxation practice that would direct company tax revenue on infrastructure back to state governments. The proposal is part of the NSW Government's policy of harnessing superannuation and other institutional ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... running that will knock on your door and say, 'Thanks for the support, we're leaving to start up our own boutique.'" Another danger, he said, was that successful teams would simply demand higher remuneration, which would negate the cost-cutting incentive ...

In search of more female advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... stepping up into leadership positions, Mercier said. The AFA Inspire inaugural chair Deborah Kent said that there is a danger that "women themselves sabotage their role." "Sometimes women thing we need to look a certain way or behave a certain way, but ...