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FoFA changes go too far diluting conflicted rem: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... including super, complex products and even leveraged products when providing advice." She also mentioned "the capacity for banks to be able to provide cash bonuses to salaried planners and other staff based on what they sell, up to 10%." Financial advisers ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... an opportunity to pick between the various MySuper funds to determine what will be best for their members." She went on: "Banks can offer a differentiated offering than an industry fund. So we can offer benefits potentially around banking and other areas ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... 0.34 per cent, adding 76.8 points to 22,664.52. The BoJ announced on Tuesday it would double the sum of loan schemes to banks in a bid to stimulate lending to firms and finance growth-stoking projects, such as environmental research and natural resources ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Australian shares are higher due to strong gains by the big four banks, positive offshore leads and higher commodity prices. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said he thought there was relatively strong momentum for quality. "There is a nice balance in ...

Market Vectors to launch equal weight ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... Australian securities that are all equally weighted in the Market Vectors Australia Equal Weight Index, including the big banks such as Commonwealth Bank and Westpac, the big miners such as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, as well as smaller securities such ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... BOJ announced a doubling of the low interest loan programme from A¥3.5 trillion to A¥7 trillion available to commercial banks and extend the deadline for loan applications by another year from the end of Japan's fiscal year on 31 March. The BOJ also ...

FoFA reform brings general advice into the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... or needs. Fox said that "the general advice amendments were drafted to facilitate the general advice services provided by banks and call centres." He stressed that the changes "will have no relevance to the activities of financial advisers who provide ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... cents, or 1.35 per cent, to $68.82 and Fortescue had jumped seven cents, or 1.23 per cent, to $5.77, However, the big four banks had a mixed start. Commonwealth Bank was down $1.60, or 2.11 per cent, at $74.39, but ANZ was up 29 cents, or 0.93 per cent ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Franzen told Financial Standard. "There are advice firms living under large institutional companies controlled by the big banks and it is clear that there is an opportunity to offer these people a home." Franzen told Financial Standard that Di Cristoforo's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... said. "We are certainly finishing the week on a positive note and that's being underpinned by some modest strength in the banks," he said. "A little bit of mojo is returning to global equity markets and it looks like equity is still the place to be." ...