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May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
No surprise, no surprise. Another month... another US$10 billion off the Fed's asset shopping budget and more stressing that interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) decision to challenge the constitutional basis of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel in the Federal Court is part of a strategy to "damage the credibility of the process", FSC chief executive John Brogden ...

Advisers need soft skills first to engage new clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Soft skills and the ability to enthuse clients are more important than the value of the advice service during the first stages of the financial planning process. The latest CoreData 'Financial planning shadow shop' report revealed that the most successful ...

Virgin Money cops fine for misleading direct insurance ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Virgin Money Australia has been forced to pay $30,600 in penalties after some of its advertisements fell foul of the regulator. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued three infringement notices for misleading online and television ...

Channel Capital acquires QIC small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
QIC's Australian small cap investment team will shortly join Brisbane-based global investment business Channel Capital. QIC agreed to divest its smaller companies capability after determining it a non-core business. Channel Capital was spun out fund ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian government has signed an inter-governmental agreement with the United States to implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in a bid to improve international tax compliance. The agreement, together with relevant enabling ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
You can almost taste it. It's nearly here. That time of year when that age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Custodians have been offering their services to superannuation funds for free in a move to undercut the competition. Financial Standard understands that Citi, for example, provided an 18-month fee holiday to HOSTPLUS, whose business it won from J.P. ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

AustralianSuper markets ME Bank products to members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
ME Bank largest shareholder AustralianSuper is marketing a bank product through promotional emails to its members. In an email sent to AustralianSuper members last week, the superfund specified that it does not receive commissions as a result of its ...