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MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... to withdraw funds from the product. Between the ages of 60 and 65, the lifetime annuity guarantees returns of 4% plus 1% bonus for 5 years. Between 65 and 70 this rises to 4.5% plus a 1% bonus for five years, and from 70, it returns 5% plus a five year ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... afternoon deals on London's FTSE 100 index, which was down 0.10 per cent. The bailed-out bank meanwhile agreed to a staff bonus pool of STG576 million ($A1.08 billion), down 15% from 2012. News of bumper bonuses at the state-backed institution drew a ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Singapore government has announced that Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates will next year climb for pre-retirees up to 35% while also establishing a $8 billion special purpose fund to pay for the health care needs of the Pioneer Generation. ...

IOOF reports growth across the board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... IOOF's advisers - trading conditions were "optimal". He also cited the potential opening up of the modern awards system as a bonus. "The business is going very well for our company, the future is looking very bright, and all of a sudden there is the ...

'Leaner' HSBC hikes profits, bonuses

BEN PERRY, AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
London-headquartered HSBC has controversially unveiled measures to avoid new EU rules on bank bonuses, drawing the wrath of union bosses. This comes after Europe's biggest bank managed a 15.5% A jump in annual net profits and warned about emerging markets ...

FoFA changes go too far diluting conflicted rem: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has argued to a Senate committee that the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) "go too far by diluting both the conflicted remuneration prohibition and the best interests duty." ISA deputy chief ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released numbers that are closest to everyone's hearts (errr, pockets) but you won't know it gauging from the financial markets' reaction. Australian equities rose a bit (plus 0.3% on the ASX 200) ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... but the agent will always have to disclose the conflict of interest to the client. The TPB recommends "placing a positive bonus on employees or anyone else providing relevant services on behalf of the registered agent to declare conflicts of interest," ...

Advisers should review aged care strategies ahead of reform

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... the cash flow problem that many will face as a result of the introduction of the means tested fee," she said. "The current bonus bond strategy may also still have its application, within a provider's maximum RAD parameters."

Former UBS MD resurfaces at Australasian Wealth Investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013