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BTFG posts solid result

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... This alone added $61 million in revenue. BTFG's platform Asgard Infinity has grown to $8.7 billion FUA since launching in October 2011. BT Panorama has attracted over $1 billion in FUA from 1,000 advisers. There is also over $100m in BT Wholesale Plus ...

Wealthsure to cancel AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... which will continue to be overseen by an independent expert, Deloitte, and regular reporting will be made to ASIC until October 2018. To ensure that Wealthsure Group's advisers and clients continue to benefit from the remediation work being undertaken ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... week and last night's drop to a four-month low in April consumer confidence - make this highly unlikely. Maybe September? October? November? December? One thing financial markets are sure of - lift-off would come sometime this year with a gentle nudge ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Review of retail life insurance advice (or ASIC REP 413) issued in October 2014. For industry stakeholders, the most crucial finding in ASIC's research was that "37% of consumers received advice that ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... 'three arrows'). The BOJ's decision to increase QE (from A¥60-70 trillion announced in April 2013) to A¥80 trillion in October 2014 prompted another downshift in the yen to A¥120 (give or take) level that it continues to fetch to this day. The yen's ...

Investec acquires Sydney warehouse

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... years from the settlement date. "The acquisition is the seventh property acquired by the Fund since the rights issue in October 2014. Approximately $177 million of acquisitions have been made in the past six months which demonstrates management's ability ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... dropped to 5.6% in February - the lowest in seven years - from 5.7% in the previous month and after peaking at 8.5% in October 2011. The lead from the claimant count unemployment statistics indicate that further improvement in the labour market is in ...

Trowbridge proposals will hit consumers hardest

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... the value life insurance advisers provide to consumers." He noted that the hybrid remuneration model proposed in ASIC's October 2014 Review of retail life insurance advice resulted in a 93% compliance pass-rate - indicating that it should be adopted ...

ASIC investigating false fees in large advice firms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... investigating instances of advice fees being charged without advice in large financial planning firms. Established in October 2014, the Wealth Management Project was designed to specifically scrutinise the conduct of "large advice entities" such as AMP ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... expanded 7.0 per cent in the first three months of 2015, slightly better than forecast in an AFP survey but much slower than October-December. It was also the worst for a single quarter since the first three months of 2009, in the depths of the global ...