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Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Insurance bonds are back in favour as new entrants and old providers are returning with updated products and expansive investment menus, said Ross Higgins, Austock managing director. Higgins was speaking at the fourth installment of Financial Standard's ...

Social media strategy works: FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Social media use by the financial planning community is a simple, smart way for advisers to stay on top of new regulatory developments, exchange ideas and benefit their own practices according to the FPA. Latest figures released by the Financial Planning ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched strike-off action against Brisbane-based TRADERS SERVICES, formerly known as Your Trading Room. While the current strike-off action relates to unpaid licence fees, reports allege that ...

CFD providers form industry body

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Australian Contracts for Difference providers have announced formation of a self-regulating industry forum to enhance operational efficiency and investor protection. The forum has established 16 standards that go over the existing regulations for the ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Super funds will need to engage with lifecycling, rather than simply relying on rebranded default options, according to super heavyweight Jeremy Cooper. This was the message delivered to an industry forum yesterday by the chairman of retirement income ...

IMCA Australia launches CIMA Scholarship Program

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Investment Management Consultants Association is offering a range of Scholarships to the Certified Investment Management Analyst Program. The program is a valuable professional development course for those looking to improve both their practical ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Superannuation advocates' claims that SG contribution rates need to keep rising to fund retirement income replacement ratios of up to 70% might be based on flawed assumptions. Debate among financial planners in the US on retirement income replacement ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
David Gonski will resign as chair of the ASX Group to replace former CBA boss David Murray as the new chair of the Future Fund, in charge of nearly $90bn in assets. The government has also appointed Morgan Stanley Australia head, Steven Harker, to the ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Remuneration practices ill aligned to risk management objectives will be of primary interest to the regulator, as APRA implements its standards on executive remuneration. Remuneration policies that encouraged risky behaviour were identified as a practice ...

Tax concessions focus of Super roundtable

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
Better information on tax concessions, the operation of superannuation post-retirement and improving super for women dominated the inaugural superannuation roundtable meeting yesterday. The administration of a $50,000 concessional cap for Australians ...