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Consumers reluctant to use online advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Consumers do not trust online advice and still prefer to meet their financial planner face to face. A Financial Services Council (FSC) research into consumers' digital engagement with superannuation and wealth management found that only 13% of Australians ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Economics Committee conducting the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will present the Senate with "a widespread report that will include the industries' black holes and dark corners." The ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
While debate in the US wealth management sector regarding improved fiduciary responsibilities for advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Younger people are taking a more active interest in their superannuation, according to the latest quarterly MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. In a break from tradition where younger people have typically been disengaged with their savings, the survey found ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The share market is lower as traders take a cautious approach ahead of the US corporate reporting season, and amid instability in Ukraine. America's biggest bank, JP Morgan, missed its profit estimates by almost four per cent last week, which has prompted ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should have stepped in to address what the association calls a "campaign of misinformation" ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app. In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at misconceptions over the size of self-managed superannuation Fund (SMSF) viability. We also look at the UK government's decision to ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The size at which a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) becomes a viable alternative to regular funds may be considerably higher than the industry currently estimates due to the impact of scale on performance. The industry typically advises that ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
In big picture terms, not much happened last week. Yes Virginia, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept policy unchanged - as expected. The European Central Bank (ECB) guided forward but also stayed on the sidelines. US non-farm payrolls added another ...

ASIC takes legal action against Mariner over Austock takeover

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has started legal action against listed funds management company Mariner Corporation (Mariner) over its proposed 2012 takeover bid for financial services company Austock Group (Austock). ASIC ...