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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... for May, the ANZ job advertisements series for June is due out as is the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher for ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... for May, the ANZ job advertisements series for June is due out as is the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher for ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... that they have apologised," he added, and noted that "for a long period there was denial." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomed CBA's compensation commitment, but called for an increase of education requirements at the bank's financial planning ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... more thinly spread across fixed income assets. Figures sourced by Rice Warner and cited by the Australian Bankers Association (ABA) in one of its two submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) show that SMSFs have just 1% in Australian fixed interest ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... and get a better outcome," Frankish said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for improved access for self-directed investors. It argues such a relationship would be mutually ...

FPA calls for industry summit to restore trust in advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Financial Planning Association is calling for a broad industry summit to ensure that cases of inappropriate advice are "stamped out for good" and to restore community trust in advisers. "We think it's about time the entire industry regulated itself ...

ASFA calls for lifetime contribution caps

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for lifetime cap to non-concessional superannuation contributions for those with balances over $2.5 million. The recommendation is published in a report which analyses the impact ...

Platinum steps up focus on adviser market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed that Platinum Asset Management will be its main sponsor for its 2014 Professionals Congress in Adelaide in November. In an interview with Financial Standard in April, Platinum co-founder and managing ...

AFA and ANZ Wealth search for tenth Rising Star

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,466. The US' National Association of Realtors said the pending home sales index jumped 6.1 per cent in May to 103.9, the first time the index has topped 100 ...