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Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... final section proposes changing the minimum drawdown rule, allowing more flexibility in line with investment market performance. The release of this discussion paper has been in the pipeline since the Coalition decided to scrap Labor's plan to reform ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... raise adviser standards in the wake of the final report of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry looking into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC). A CBA spokesperson told Financial Standard that "CBA will ...

The 60-year-old investing idea that keeps on giving

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... where necessary, dial down its average size of investment. "This achieves better diversification, which smoothes asset performance for investors and thereby contributes to an exceptionally stable absolute return profile," said Williams. Asked how current ...

FEATURE: The metamorphosis of custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... says, is being driven by the move many super funds are making to bring investment in house. The need for sophisticated performance and risk analytics, dealing capabilities and clearing services is much higher for super funds that have in-house investment ...

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... high quality Board of Directors and investment team with a 'true to label' value style and strong track record of performance across market cycles." Lonsec also noted its high conviction "in the calibre of Anton Tagliaferro and Simon Conn as value investors ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Australian shares have lifted on the back of strong performances across the materials sector. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto both rose by more than 1.5 per cent, giving a solid push to the overall share market. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the resources ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... Cormann also noted that the initiative follows recommendation 44 of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). "Our goal remains to ensure that we have a robust but efficient ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong performance on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average bolted to a new record. At 0812 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at ...

Government succeeds in securing final FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... a single financial product or commissions are considered conflicted remuneration. Other types of payments such as performance bonuses and balanced scorecards are still permitted in general advice. From now on, advisers will not need to send Fee Disclosure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... await a string of market-moving news and data over the next few days. The broad Asian gains add to Monday's positive performance and provided support to the dollar after it took a hit last week. Tokyo rose 0.78 per cent, or 119.84 points, to 15,416.66 ...