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Government succeeds in securing final FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... introduce regulations in the next 90 days to include additional PUP requirements. The PUP asked that the Statement of Advice (SoA) specifies that the adviser is acting in the best interest of the client, outlines the fees and commissions that the adviser ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Standard that the outcome would actually be a boon for consumers. "Most of the requirements (from PUP) could be housed in a SOA by modification and gives support to the argument that conflicted remuneration be removed. This is a great result for planners ...

Planners in urgent need of better tech: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Trends report found. Planners could benefit from better technology across the board, from generating Statements of Advice (SoA) to marketing and business intelligence, the planner Investment Trends technology report from May 2014 found. When asked what ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
oh there we have it folks! Wall Street ends the last day of the month, the quarter and the first six months of 2014, to quote T.S. Elliot, "not with a bang but a whimper. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 index finished a teenie-weenie 0.04% lower ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after escalating violence in Iraq spooked investors and falling iron ore prices continued to pressure mining stocks at the end of last week. At 0822 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Who went away in May? The month when we're supposed to sell and go away is over but it appears that it's the sellers that went away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Yeah baby, let's! Seen the CBOE VIX index lately? Yes, that one - the one financial markets look at the gauge the level of investors' fear. It was pegged at 11.36 at the close of last week's activity - the lowest since the ides (15th) of March 2013. ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
"Movin' on up Nothing can stop me Moving on up" - M People The Philippines has not made international headlines since Super Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) Director of Public Affairs Matt Linden said the budget was a "missed opportunity to find small innovative solutions," saying the changes could result in a 25% decrease in retirement income for many Australians. He said ...