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Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for superannuation to be taken out of the modern awards system, a move it believes would improve competition among super funds and ultimately benefit members. In its submission to the government discussion ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... economists Ting Lu and Xiaojia Zhi think that the numbers were likely distorted by the Lunar New Year. The Wall Street Journal Marketwatch quoted them saying that, the "... PMI data are heavily seasonally adjusted, but the seasonal adjustment is quite ...

Strong demand for online education: Wealth Know How

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Instreet managing director George Lucas and former Australian editor James Dunn have joined forces to launch an independent video-based website focused on wealth creation education. The free site, Wealth Know How, anticipates supporting investors at ...

FEATURE: The myth of the outlook

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
Languishing beneath a pile of seasonal investment outlooks, James Fernyhough asks, does anyone really have a clue about what to expect for 2014? In the eerily quiet lull between Christmas and Australia Day, as the financial services community goes into ...

Li likes 7%, maybe 7.2%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014

Wealth Enhancers appoints investment specialist

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Wealth Enhancers have strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of former Business Spectator and Markets Spectator editor Kirstie Spicer. Prior to her work as an editor, she worked for Dixon Advisory as an investment advisor. Spicer said ...

Key PIS and Asteron execs move to Millennium3

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... joined in November 2012 after heading up the Association of Financial Advisers since 2006. Visit FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning website for key industry updates.

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... is. How bad? PIMCO's Gross now sees at least a 50-50 chance of a December taper. Jon Hilsenrath wrote on the Wall Street Journal that taper is on the table. Although for the life me, I can't quite figure out exactly what Jon's saying - with one hand ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Confusion about the funding model of The New Daily has shown no sign of abating, after Nationals Senator John Williams requested the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) scrutinise The New Daily on the grounds that it is a bad investment. ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Super funds must prepare for a high level of activist scrutiny of their investments as a result of the increasing of portfolio disclosure requirements, according to Peter Lewis, director of Essential Media Communications (EMC). Under current plans ...