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CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... not "be tarnished with the same brush." As the last Roy Morgan survey showed, client satisfaction with the advisers of the big four banks is above 80%. But the scandals revealed over recent months have largely damaged the industry's reputation. As the ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... managers want it," he told Financial Standard. "That gives us the right to insist that they give us the information. We're the big boys now, and the power shifts from those with the assets to those with the money." The debate about disclosure centres ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... memories of the European sovereign debt crisis. Lisbon's stock market, of course, bore the brunt - down 3.7% on the day. But big fall were also registered in Madrid (down 2.0%) and Italy (down 1.9%). Even the Germany's DAX and France's CAC indices fell ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... sooner-rather-than-later hike in the fed funds rate in last night's explanations for why Wall Street did what it did - fall big time. It gave back all the gains of Independence Day Eve, and then some. Not anymore. That was yesterday's news my lady. Today ...

Advice firm chooses MDAs over platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... understand why we have to keep asking them. It's our single biggest administration burden," he said. "I'm not confident the big platforms will be able to deliver the right functionality because platforms try to be all things to all people and that naturally ...

New laws bring aged care advice into the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
The Living Longer, Living Better reforms that began on July 1, 2014, are forcing financial advisers to review their clients' aged care arrangements. Advisers need to take into account the client's assets and income to ensure that the approach taken ...

Investors Mutual gets in on LIC act

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Investors Mutual will launch its first listed investment company (LIC) for investors looking for direct access to a ready-made diversified portfolio of Australian shares. QV Equities Limited (ASX: QVE) invests in companies outside the top 20 stocks ...

Citi develops white label banking for industry funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... initiative is "getting a lot of interest". "There's obviously a huge amount of competition at the retirement stage from the big four targeting superannuation assets looking for the members effectively to withdraw their assets in a lump sum and park it ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... country could now grow unaided. Uh-oh, looks like I owe Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard an apology - big time! He might be correct after all and I'll have to put the letters "W" and "R" to prefix my surname again. Deym! Recall ...

Sunsuper prepares for end of super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... employers for their MySuper products. When asked whether he was concerned about this apparent distribution advantage that big banks have over industry funds, Hartley said this was only a theoretical advantage. "It really doesn't work that well in practice. ...