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UK to ban platform payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Payments to platforms from service providers are set to be banned in the UK by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), triggering reactions that the reforms would shift $30 million in costs directly onto consumers. The proposals are contained in a discussion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following rises on the US and major European markets despite growing concern on the euro zone ahead of a key European Union leaders meeting. At 0726 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Australian shares have fallen, as pessimism about the European debt crisis continues. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 15.6 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4,012.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 16 points ...

UHNWs target PE, commodities, real estate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The Institute for Private Investors has released the results of an investment tracking survey that says commodities, real estate and private equity are the top investment choices among ultra high net worth families in 2012. "This year's data reinforced ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
The need for an increase in adviser education on investing into the debt sector following last year's launch of the Premium Asia Income Fund has lead Premium China Funds Management to reconfigure its distribution team. The company has made two new hires ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry bodies have broadly welcomed yesterday's passage of the FOFA legislation through the Senate, with the focus on codes of conduct effectively setting up the industry for self-regulation amid the push towards professionalism and better consumer ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
A desire for control and growing pressure on fees are the main reasons SMSF investors are relying less on advice, according to the latest Vanguard and Investment Trends Self-managed Super Fund Report. The use of advisers by the SMSF sector declined ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed performance on Wall Street as investors digest the results of the Greek election and focus turns to Spain's record borrowing costs. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
National elections at the weekend will be crucial in deciding if Greece stays in the eurozone or not, with polls indicating that left-wing party Syriza is on equal standing with pro-austerity party New Democracy. Syriza has threatened to tear up stringent ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
Party pooper. Spoilsport. Booo! One can almost taste - yes, taste - the financial markets' disappointment when dear Uncle Ben came and spoke with not even a hint that those beloved letters Q and E are in the offing. Not even a wink, wink, nudge, nudge. ...