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ME Bank makes key appointment from GE Capital

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... growth opportunities, notably CCR. "As a founding director and previous chairman of the Australasian Retail Credit Association (ARCA), Carlo has been a strong advocate for CCR including representing ARCA and the ABA in Parliamentary Senate hearings," ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... down seven points at 5,522. US pending home sales slipped 1.1 per cent in June to 102.7, according to the National Association of Realtors' index. That was a modestly stronger decline than analysts' consensus estimate of 0.8 per cent drop. In local economic ...

AMP remains top dog on RI mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... remains Australia's largest manager of responsible investment (RI) mandates, according to the Responsible Investment Association of Australia's (RIAA) Benchmark Report 2014. AMP Capital added an extra $800 million in assets under management (AUM) in ...

Cbus and FPA sign adviser referral deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Industry super fund Cbus members will have access to Financial Planning Association (FPA) certified financial planners after the two organisations joined together to launch a referral program. The national referral program which is scheduled to start ...

Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... Coalition said it wanted to approach the issue as part of a wider review of retirement income, which it is now doing. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which has been a vocal proponent of regulatory overhaul, welcomed the paper ...

Korean military fund puts $40m in Aussie infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
South Korea's $8.5 billion Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has become the first overseas investor to invest in industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund. As well as being the only non-Australian stakeholder in The Infrastructure ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... enormously diverse industry, with no single business model dominating. Jointly published by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Macquarie, the 2014 SMSF Service Model Report, carries the responses of 292 SMSF service businesses ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... experience, employment history, areas of expertise, results of advice audits and annual certification results. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said that only advisers with appropriate qualifications and experience should be on the register ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... advanced diploma in financial planning." The bank also plans to fund employed planners' membership to a relevant industry association. As part of the changes, existing CBA financial planners and their supervisors will be required to hold either an advanced ...

Are super funds the new shadow banks?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... management fund as well." He pointed out that at an infrastructure conference in Sydney this week organised by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) there was a large contingent of fund managers. "If you actually look at the participants ...