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Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Hehe. Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Pardon my French, Virginia. Some of the headlines made me do it. The headlines that say Wall Street's up because of easing tensions in the Ukraine and... "improving outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you ...

Intra-fund advice is low-cost

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has released a report that they claim demonstrates intra-fund advice is low cost to deliver. The report found that the median cost for intra-fund advice equates to $2.81 per member per year ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

Premium Wealth adds QLD boutique practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Premium Wealth Management has added Queensland-based practice Total Solutions Group to its dealer group membership base. Total Solutions Group is the advice arm of Save on Tax accounting firm and was born to service the financial and lending needs of ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

FOS model outdated, in need of major change

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The current Financial Ombudsman Services (FOS) model is in need of major changes in order to meet industry and consumer expectations, an independent review found. The review conducted by Cameron Ralph Navigator (CRN) is the first independent review ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
This week, this month, this year marked the fifth anniversary since US equities bottomed on 9 March 2009. The US subprime mortgage crisis that morphed into what is now termed as the global financial crisis sparked market volatility and heightened investor ...

State Super to combine with two NSW state funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The New South Wales government has announced it will amalgamate the management of the assets of State Super with that of two other state-run funds. The management of SAS Trustee Corporation, the trustee of State Super, will merge with that of the Safety ...

Citi appoints head of consumer banking products

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Citi today announced the appointment of Deirdre Wroth as head of banking and wealth management products for its consumer bank in Australia. Wroth will be responsible for Citi's mortgage, deposit and insurance product teams, as well as the consumer bank's ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is lower as the crisis in Ukraine worsens, causing investors to practice extreme caution. Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia, which is threatening to invade Ukraine in the wake of the ouster of Kremlin-backed president Viktor ...