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Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... almost 15-month review is that we could have had very reasonable independence requirements legislated since 2015. "There is nothing in this report that negates the need for legislation to lift the standard of accountability, transparency and choice across ...

Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... consumption over the quarter. More important, private consumption -- which accounts for around 60% of the economy -- contributed nothing to fourth quarter GDP growth as it did in the third quarter. Worse, it was flat over the quarter, down from a 0.3% ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... investments are riding on mixed signals. The markets are split between those who believe the market uptick post his election had nothing to do with him while the other half reckons it is. "The main takeaway of a Trump presidency is that the distribution ...

Mercer undergoes global restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... of about 700 new employees in Australia and New Zealand following the acquisition of Pillar, adding the restructure had nothing to do with said acquisition. There was already evidence of the restructure at a local level in December, when Cambell Holt ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... (to RBS), others advised of the same months later. DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach warned, "Sell everything!" "Nothing here looks good... The stock markets should be down massively but investors seem to have been hypnotized that nothing can go ...

Advice from abroad

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
... asks what's ahead for the day, I'll say 'I'll tell you at the end of the day' because it's so different, there's truly nothing mundane about it. I would be almost a wallflower, or shrivelled up, if I didn't have the ability to have that dynamic environment." ...

Non-aligned advisers gifted growth opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... advice," Henderson said. The Henderson Maxwell chief executive added that he thinks ASIC's definition of 'independent' is "nothing short of ridiculous", but advisers that are not owned or aligned to institutions have been afforded the opportunity to ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... and superannuation products must be in the client's best interest," ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said. "Where there is nothing in the client's relevant circumstances to indicate that the switch would be beneficial, ASIC will conclude that the client ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...

Robo is the adviser's new best friend

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... a clear opportunity for advisers to adapt to reflect the changing preferences of clients. "This needn't be an 'all-or-nothing' approach. The challenge for advisers is they often need to meet the distinct needs of two different types of clients: older ...