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BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... and all the other mini crises in-between over the past few years. They were, to borrow ol' blue eyes lyrics, "A number one, top of the list, Kings of the hill, A number one..." One by one the BRICs are now dinsintegrating. Standard & Poor's has just ...

International capital requirements could cripple insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) has rejected the G20 proposal that top insurers hold more capital from 2019 to cover potential to the financial system. The GFIA held meetings this week with Australian officials in Canberra, ahead ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... diversified core portfolio.A The methodology is well suited to the Australian market, which is heavily concentrated with the top 10 stocks making up more than 50% of the top 200 listed companies by market capitalisation. Our research shows that MVW's ...

Tyndall AM reshuffles equities team as Van Munster retires

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Bob to Brad, Jason and Warwick. With an average of 18 years' industry experience, the team under Bob's leadership has been a top performer for us and we expect that to continue. We also wish Bob all the best in his retirement."

Labor hopes to disallow FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms may yet be blocked by the Senate, even though they will initially be pushed through as regulations rather than legislation, according to opposition spokesperson for superannuation and financial ...

XPLAN named top planning application

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
XPLANA has been named the top rated Australian planning application for 2013 in the latest A Investment Trends Planning and Advice Applications Report. According to the report, XPLAN has achieved the highest benchmark score for any financial planning ...

MDA provider inks deal with Affinity and Redgum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... account provider. It creates, operates and administers bespoke managed account solutions for a growing number of Australia's top financial advisers, dealer groups and fund managers. managedaccounts.com.au was previously known as Investment Administration ...

PC calls for overhaul of public infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
The Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended a "comprehensive overhaul" of Australia's public infrastructure following the release a draft report on the topic. The report, which runs for nearly 600 pages, covers issues such as funding new projects ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... momentum is good for New Zealand and good for us living across the Tasman. After all, New Zealand is Australia's number 6 top export destinations. "Neighbours, everybody loves good neighbours...."

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... sell-off of mining stocks, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "The iron ore miners are being sold off the most. The top three decliners on the market are Fortescue, Atlas Iron and Arrium," she said. "Because the materials sector makes up about ...