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Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The Treasury's proposed changes to the Age Pension in the 2015 Budget were targeted at "liquid millionaires" claiming government assistance, but some industry figures say the new rules will hit the most vulnerable retirees over the long-term. According ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... convertible preference shares by Seven Group. In Australia, the stock market on Monday closed weaker as investors backtracked on the big gains made on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 41.8 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 5,735.4 points. The ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... first quarter of this year from 0.5% in the final three months of 2014. This was driven by significantly slower growth in the big economies of the US to plus 0.1% -- before last Friday's revision to minus 0.2% quarter on quarter -- from 0.5% in Q4 2014 ...

MAX Awards to showcase innovation in financial services sales and marketing

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... host a forum that will address the challenges for today's financial services sales and marketing specialists including how big data impacts wealth management, what are the new range of investment products that will become popular in the future and what ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... banks; even network Ten stocks are up. "I think the view that interest rates may go down again have partly spurred this." The big four banks were among the better performers, with Commonwealth Bank up $1.80 at $85.30, ANZ up 54 cents at $33.26, National ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
A new general manager for Godfrey Pembroke and a reshuffle at the top of First State Super led a raft of big appointment stories this week. NAB confirms new Godfrey Pembroke GM - Alan Logan, who has held executive positions at ANZ Advice & Distribution ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... 0.6 per cent on the deal, which will create a leader in the surging market for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Big-box retailer Costco Wholesale fell 0.8 per cent as revenues for the quarter ending May 10 came in at $US25.52 billion ($A33 ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... dollar was weaker after the release of the capex figures, which should also be beneficial for the equities market. Among the big four banks at 1200 AEST, the Commonwealth Bank was down 72 cents at $83.41, ANZ had lifted 15 cents to $32.67, National Australia ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform is one of the 20 most challenging pieces of regulation globally, according to a survey of 600 compliance professionals across the world. The 'Cost of compliance 2015' report by Thomson Reuters asked compliance ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
It's the Fed one day, Grexit the next. It's a deal! Yes Virginia, this morning's headlines were full of it -- stories that a deal had been struck between Athens and Brussels. Never mind the after-reports that European Commission Vice President Valdis ...