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Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The financial services industry responded with ire after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
A Senate alliance between Labor, the Greens and three crossbench Senators has pushed for a motion to disallow the Coalition's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation in a move that could put the industry immediately into ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Insurers and financial advisers must stop pointing fingers and create a unified response to address insurance sector failures, the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) deputy chair Peter Kell said "This needs a collective response ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Retail funds should be banned from providing default super to employers who bank with them, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Real return strategies which aim to produce above-inflation performance irrespective of market conditions are becoming a big hit with investors, according to research and ratings house Zenith. The company has given 11 funds a rating, including six new ...

Tax cap reform bill released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
The government has released for public comment its draft legislation regarding its budget measure to address what it says are inadvertent breaches of the contribution caps. In a statement accompanying release of the bills and explanatory memorandum ...

Gold stocks undervalued but likely to rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Gold stocks are undervalued, but are likely to rise over the next years as Chinese demand increases and production costs lower. Van Eck Global portfolio manager of gold strategies Joe Foster predicted that gold prices could surpass the US$1,400 an ounce ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

Mercer reveals confronting life expectancy research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
New mortality rate research showing white collar workers can expect to live well beyond the average life expectancy highlights the challenge of achieving a comfortable retirement. Mercer's analysis into the mortality rates of public sector pensioners ...

Stan Life Inv GARS added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies Australian Trust is now available via the Macquarie Wrap platform. Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) is a multi-asset strategy, which aims to provide positive returns irrespective ...