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New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... members. It will also help spur innovation in the retirement income stream product market, by providing developers with a sound basis as to what this growing pool of retirees need and want from post-retirement financial products."

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... product ratings by 'ratings houses' in a bid to attract business from advisers," Laughlin said. "Not only can this undermine sound insurance management, but it often will result in features that are not necessarily needed or wanted or understood or appreciated ...

Spring FG promotes two execs to state manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... Commerce and an early inductee to the company's graduate recruit program, Michael has continued to develop and refine a sound technical understanding of investments, financial products and markets through his career and further education." "As one of ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... robust, standardised interfaces that support integration, flexibility and complete freedom of movement across each space. Sound like pie in the sky? I don't believe so. For unless the question of integration is comprehensively addressed by the SMSF market ...

Twin Peaks model optimal for financial stability

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... transparency and accountability, effective powers of supervision and enforcement, operational independence from the government, a sound governance system and adequate resources. At the same time, the study also argues that a Twin Peaks system in itself ...

Pershing upgrades to Broadridge processing solution

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... businesses," he said. "Perhaps more than any time in history, operational excellence has become key to profitability, growth and sound risk management in financial services." Pershing Securities Australia chairman Craig Mason said: "Broadridge is a proven ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... However, these two central banks belong in the "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" category. Not so for the Bank of Canada when it delivered a 25bps reduction to 0.75%. Nor the Bank of Japan when it announced ...

Zenith awards two funds 'Recommended' ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Fund also received its first rating from the research house. Zenith said Perpetual's investment process was "conceptually sound, rigorous and repeatable" and noted that being "managed from the perspective of an Australian investor" is a "key attraction" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... Britain, which is not part of the eurozone, also risks falling into deflation later this year. While falling prices may sound good for consumers, deflation can trigger a vicious spiral in which businesses and households delay purchases, throttling demand ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
As a student of economics, I've heard about John Maynard Keynes' 'Paradox of Thrift', David Ricardo's 'Ricardian Equivalence Theory', A Alan Greenspan's 'Interest Rate Conundrum' (which appears to be making a return performance in the US) and of course ...