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Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... sector and the investment management sector can benefit from really building on this position. "I think it does reflect pretty moderate levels of engagement with the Australian investor from investment managers, advice providers and Australian super ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... comments in urging Australian investors to consider off-shore markets for dividends. "High dividend stocks in Australia have pretty dreadful earnings per share forecasts but there are fantastic US companies moving to dividend payouts instead of share ...

Focus Financial looking for more local partners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... diversification but I want to continue to run my firm in a very independent fashion but I'd like help to grow. "That's pretty much the model and we think what's worked in the US, it's not the same but it has some similarities, has a lot of applications ...

Centrepoint appoints former HUB24 director

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... Centrepoint initiated a renewal process in 2014. He will join Fisher and non-executive directors John O'Shaughnessy and Martin Pretty. The board intends to continue its renewal process and will be seeking another independent director with financial services ...

Banking inquiry cost better spent on ASIC: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... decisions. "We've had I think it is 23 different types of enquiries into financial services already... I think we can be pretty confident that we're all aware of where the issues lie, so let's concentrate on what we do to remedy them. There is considerable ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... been either copied from other sectors or driven by regulatory change," Kirkland said. "The digital experience of super is pretty underwhelming - the only major change I've noticed is that I now receive my statements by email. In contrast, digital product ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... threshold for the 15% high income superannuation charge from $300,000 to $250,000), Chalmers said: "We think that these two pretty modest changes strike the right balance between fairness and sustainability, they maintain concessionality while reducing ...

Infrastructure pricing reshaping investment landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... market is sometimes unfairly labeled as being the most competitive. "What we've seen is that all sections of the market, in pretty much every jurisdiction globally, are quite competitive. We've got a lot of the same players in each place," Orr said. ...

Not enough super users: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... workforce) is considerably less than other countries who have well developed and well respected systems. "We thought we might do pretty well here because our super system is compulsory - well it is compulsory for employees earning more than $450 a month. ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... February - the highest reading since July 2010 and the eight straight month of above-50 readings - from 51.5 in January. With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut? And were it not for still low inflation in the country, RBA Gov Glenn and his ...