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Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened weaker as a geopolitical crisis in the Ukraine escalates. The Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia threatening to invade in a crisis that began three months ago with civilian protests against the government ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland's losses soared to almost STG9 billion ($A16.82 billion) last year, the state-rescued lender has announced, while its decision to pay millions in bonuses has triggered a political backlash. Net losses announced on Thursday widened ...

Rubik Financial appoints CEO

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Financial software provider Rubik Financial has appointed Niek Hoogenhout as Australia and New Zealand chief executive. He will commence his new role on February 27th of this year. Hoogenhout has over 15 years' experience in the financial services industry. ...

La Trobe mortgage fund gets "Strong" rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The La Trobe Australian Mortgage Fund has been awarded a "Strong" rating from Australia Ratings. In its first rating from Australia Ratings, A the rating was given due to a number of operational components, performance, financial adequacy and stability ...

'Leaner' HSBC hikes profits, bonuses

BEN PERRY, AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
London-headquartered HSBC has controversially unveiled measures to avoid new EU rules on bank bonuses, drawing the wrath of union bosses. This comes after Europe's biggest bank managed a 15.5% A jump in annual net profits and warned about emerging markets ...

FPA "extremely wary" of general advice commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) submission to Treasury on the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) says the organisation is "extremely wary of product distribution models which rely on general advice." The 20-page document ...

FoFA changes go too far diluting conflicted rem: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has argued to a Senate committee that the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) "go too far by diluting both the conflicted remuneration prohibition and the best interests duty." ISA deputy chief ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The changes to the deeming rules for account based pensions look likely to be passed by the Parliament this year, with SPAA warning SMSF trustees to be prepared despite the lack of available information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan ...

Planners not meeting SMSF trustee demands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Financial planners still have a long way to go to meet the needs of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees, a new report has shown. The research, conducted by CoreData and jointly issued by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street after new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's Congressional testimony appeared to reassure investors. At 0820 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures ...