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Senate Committee forced to delay tabling of ASIC report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... the time of publishing. The Economics Committee was scheduled to report the conclusions of the inquiry into ASIC's performance to the Senate on May 30. Several cases of bad advice within CBA's financial planning unit and ASIC's failure to act on whistleblower ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... reducing their holdings. This year's higher prices have even attracted purchases from those who tend to respond to past performance. Second, many investors are hesitant to give up on an asset class that has long played a reliable role in anchoring well-diversified ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... and a slowing China, to name a few worries... there seems to be no worries (looking at the VIX). But looking at the performance of the equity markets so far this year, investors appear not to be convinced: The Stoxx 600 index is up by just 4.1%; S&P ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... cent, or 11.78 points, to 1,040.46 on turnover of 75.0 billion yuan. It jumped 2.07 per cent over the week. "Strong performance in technology and property shares helped boost gains in the overall market," said Zheshang Securities analyst Zhang Yanbing. ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... advice on complex financial products. Fox said that "bank employees should be recognised for their work and their good performance," but not with commissions directly linked to the amount of business sold. The FPA chief executive Mark Rantall asked for ...

Pohl launches mandate hunt as non-compete clause expires

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... seeking five or six large clients to help fill it up. But the well-known investor, who has achieved annualised after fee performance of 9.4% over his career, versus about 4.6% from the wider market, acknowledged he could face an uphill fight to attract ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... businesses with compelling long-term growth prospects at bargain prices. It's an approach that has led to exceptional performance over the long-term. The $9.6 billion Platinum International Fund has returned 13.1% per annum since it was conceived 19 ...

Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... what Dudley said was relegated to paragraph 12 in today's Bloomberg commentary - it didn't fit with Wall Street's performance of the day - it was an important insight into the Fed's head. "Fed Bank of New York President William Dudley said the pace of ...

Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... term 'employer', and recommended the use of financial incentives and career advancement as a way to encourage good performance. "If you don't do these things, you're going to get limited pipeline, low win rates, low average deal size and longer sales ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition - are also on iPadA(C).