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Griffith, FPA launch academic advice journal

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Griffith Business School and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will publish an academic journal dedicated to financial planning. The Financial Planning Research Journal will publish academic research around financial advice and it is aimed at ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Top hedge funds in Australia averaged 15.6% returns in 2014, but the overall sector delivered 10% less than the previous year. This is according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 2014 hedge funds survey, which examined 27 ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
A report to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) identifies that One Big Switch contained potentially false and misleading statements in recent insurance campaigns. Appointed by ASIC to review One Big Switch's compliance with ...

Suncorp Life boss to step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Suncorp Life's chief executive will step down from his role on September 30 after seven years at the helm of the group's insurance business. Suncorp Life chief executive, Geoff Summerhayes, will remain with the group in an advisory position until January ...

Market set to open higher

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher as international markets await the impact of Greece's breakdown in its debt bailout talks. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,510. No major local ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
We might have to go pass the 11th hour and into the 13th for the "adults" in the "emergency summit" room continue to disagree to agree. Yes Virginia, the Greeks and the troika have exhausted the third of the three scheduled talks this week and still... ...

Sherwin principal faces court for SMSF fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Sherwin Financial Planners principal, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, has faced court for causing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees to lose $10 million. Sherwin was also chairman of failed business Wickham Securities and was banned from financial ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in overseas stocks. At 0656 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 5,616. Wall Street was down almost one per cent as fresh problems emerged ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Now that Grexit worries have been sorted - sort of - and a Graccident averted (yet again), financial markets are likely to look for the next big worry. They don't have to scour far, wide and yonder - it was out-headlined by Greece these past few days ...