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Senate bill challenges general advice definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Act with 'general information.' The change is one of the most common demands among those making submissions to the FSI. Major banks, industry organisations and consumer bodies are almost unanimously asking for 'general advice' to be relabeled into a ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... assessment of the current goings-on and the outlook for the Australian economy and the current goings-on and the outlook for our major trading partners and the current goings-on and outlook for everything that matters to policy-setting in between... ...

Matrix merger to place ClearView among top 10 licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... player in the financial services industry and the only integrated life insurer and wealth manager that is not aligned to a major institution," Swanson said. If the offer is successful, Matrix chairman Pieter Franzen agreed to become the chairman of the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... cents higher at $36.82, Rio Tinto added 42 cents to $63.05, and Fortescue Metals dipped three cents to $4.14. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank firmed four cents to $35.24, ANZ found six cents at $33.49, Commonwealth Bank advanced 15 cents ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped for a flat start ahead of a major week of data that will indicate how the economy is travelling. The September share price index futures contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... of people aged over 80," a proposal advanced by former prime minister Paul Keating. ASFA also listed under-insurance as a major priority. In its submission, UniSuper likewise stressed the inadequacy of account-based pensions, and supported products that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were on the ground in Ukraine to ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... up." But is it? Kuroda's expectation appears at odds with the underlying message at the Jackson Hole conference where most major central bankers acknowledged slack in their respective economies and virtually pledged to keep monetary policy accommodative ...

Profit up and new products for ClearView

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... streamlined products to low balance investors although ClearView have highlighted insurance cross-sell opportunities as the major reason ahead of the need to target direct distribution or respond to the FOFA reforms. They said the product will be "a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... who are also issuing earnings reports. In Australia on Tuesday, share market closed almost flat as modest gains among the major banks outweighed weakness in the big miners pressured by falling iron ore prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 2.7 ...