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PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." - Lao Tzu, 'The Art of War' That "when" to fight must be nigh. Rumour has it that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing its own QE programme - prompted by the PBOC's recent ...

ASIC bans Charterhill director from financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Charterhill Group founder and director George Nowak has been banned by ASIC from practicing financial services until 3 July 2017. The grounds for the ban are that Nowak is an undischarged bankrupt, having applied for personal bankruptcy in July 2014. ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Sales culture in the life insurance industry is undermining standards of good practice, according to APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Insights Session on 3 March, Laughlin said that the industry's focus on "sales ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
"When you're in love with a beautiful woman it's hard... Everybody wants her Everybody loves her Everybody wants to take your baby home." - Dr. Hook The good doctor might have as well sung about the US dollar instead of the fairer sex for mirror, mirror ...

Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Passive investment strategies are now being used by almost half of retail super funds, according to research by ING Direct which highlights that funds with high fees could end up costing investors more than $150,000 compared to cheaper funds. The research ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The NSW government will receive $2 billion in incentive payments from the Commonwealth for its infrastructure recycling strategy, Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced. Designed to incentivise NSW Premier Mike Baird's plan to lease 49% of the state's electricity ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
US financial advice experts are again warning that proposed requirements to introduce fiduciary obligations on people and entities providing advice will rock the retirement fund sector. The proposal for a fiduciary advice standard is being pushed by ...

Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The SMSF Association's chief executive and managing director Andrea Slattery has called for a more informed debate about the cost of super tax concessions. In a strongly worded media release, Slattery branded the current debate as "misinformed, simplistic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...