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Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Australians all, let us rejoice for exactly on the day we celebrated our national day, the A-dollar dropped to US$0.7855 - its lowest level since July 2009 - bringing it closer to the US$0.75 mark that would make RBA Governor Glenn Stevens a happy little ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Everything is political and especially so with the super-charged high stakes poker game on display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The financial services industry responded with ire after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
One month's tick up in a single index is all it took for euro area financial markets to go loco. Yes Virginia, they've gone loco over reports that economic sentiment in the region's locomotive - Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling ...

AFA appoints Inspire chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed a new chair to its Inspire initiative, replacing Deborah Kent, who is now the association's president. Prominent Financial Services director Christine Swanson will lead AFA Inspire, with a mandate ...

Libertas FP to offer SMA portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Independent firm Libertas Financial Planning has added Bellmont Securities separately managed accounts (SMA) to its approved product list. The offering includes the Bellmont Core Equities Portfolio, which is a blue-chip equities portfolio, giving investors ...

ClearView names CEO and exec team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
ClearView Wealth Limited has appointed Todd Kardash as chief executive of the combined dealer group, following the merger with Matrix Planning Solutions. Kardash has led both the dealer group and distribution businesses of ClearView since January 2013. ...

Matrix shareholders approve ClearView acquisition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
ClearView Wealth has received 100% approval from Matrix shareholders for its acquisition of the planning group. All conditions of the offer had been met or waived and the offer closes successfully today. ClearView managing director Simon Swanson said ...

ClearView launches new super product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
ClearView Wealth Limited has launched a new super and pension product and introduced a new administration platform. The super and pensions product, WealthFoundations, offers 14 diversified and single sector Investment Portfolio Service (IPS) strategies ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
An impending Standard & Poor's downgrade of bank hybrids will drive the value of these investments, which have already seen recent falls, even lower, according to fixed income specialists FIIG Securities. The ratings agency said it will downgrade the ...