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Advisers at risk of losing three in 10 clients

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... found. More than two in three (67.9%) Australians aged 18 or over do not currently have a relationship with an adviser and close to half (46.5%) of unadvised Australians intend to enter the market for financial advice, down slightly from 48.2% six months ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index again led Wall Street sharply lower, closing out a dreary week at its lowest level in more than two months. At 0645 AEST on Monday the June share price index futures ...

Super fund CEOs compete on breast cancer fundraiser

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia is the super industry's frontrunner in the race to see who can raise the most money for breast cancer research. As part of Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic - the largest breast cancer research fundraiser in Australia ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
At a glance, Australia's homogenous 'banks-and-resources' share market does not look like the most promising alpha hunting ground. But according to some of Australia's leading boutique fund managers, appearances can be deceiving. James Fernyhough reports. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after big falls on Wall Street led by tech stocks. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 5,425. The Nasdaq closed down 3.10 per cent with investors ...

CBA promoted Nguyen to keep him away from clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has heard that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) promoted financial planner Don Nguyen, despite allegations of fraud. Speaking at the inquiry Commonwealth ...

SMSFs need no more regulation: Treasury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry does not need to be prudentially regulated, Treasury has argued in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. It said that a major attraction of SMSFs was the light-touch regulation, providing ...

Class Super CEO departs suddenly

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The newly-appointed chief executive of Class Super David Smith has departed suddenly after just three months in the role, following disagreements over his level of commitment to the company. Smith has been replaced by former Class chief operating officer ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Japan's Nikkei. Tokyo sank 1.36 per cent, or 201.97 points, to 14,606.88. Seoul added 0.17 per cent, or 3.33 points, to close at 1,993.03. Hong Kong added 0.98 per cent, or 219.82 points, to 22,596.97 while Shanghai surged 1.92 per cent, or 39.45 points ...