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ClearView predicts end of independent financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... Swanson. "Any remuneration design should support quality advice. While it should discourage over-selling and churning, it must foster competition and take into account the real and tangible upfront costs associated with delivering life insurance advice ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... the monetary policy statement of 3 March: "Further easing of policy may be appropriate over the period ahead, in order to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation consistent with the target." Looks like it's gonna happen in May with a slight ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... initial speech by saying that the not-for-profit super sector needs to "think about how we can influence governments and foster support. "As the savings pool grows, super is attracting more and more attention from governments, policy-makers, academics ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The rise of affluent Chinese "millennials" is driving changes in the emerging-market investment space, according to AB. China has an estimated 300 million people born between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... him to but... don't we worry, it'll come. "Further easing of policy may be appropriate over the period ahead, in order to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation consistent with the target." Maybe. "The Board will further assess the case for ...

ASIC to face legal action over Storm Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... Storm. "Others haven't had that much information. We do, and we know where the mines are," Levitt said. Justice Lindsay Foster has also allowed plaintiffs to make a freedom of information request to ASIC to seek the regulator's internal documents and ...

AMP Capital trims global infrastructure equity team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... redundancies among the fund manager's top ranks. AMP Capital head of infrastructure for Australia and New Zealand Paul Foster will leave the business, along with head of customised accounts and infrastructure Chris Wade and head of listed debt John Mitchell. ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
The government has repealed the Palmer United Party's (PUP) proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation and grandfathering amendments have become law. The registration of the grandfathering provisions will see these regulations ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... also recommended aligning the tax treatment of super across both accumulation and drawdown phases, saying this would "help foster innovation in whole-of-life superannuation products, would facilitate a seamless transition to retirement and would reduce ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... organisation said the time has come for the government to ignore the "blatant self-interest" of all involved parties and foster more competition around the low-fee MySuper, by allowing greater choice of funds in the default sector. "Competition, not ...