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US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... building a bigger, better bomb, national security and anti-propaganda. According to http://www.usgovernmentspending.com, "Defense spending stood at 6.8 percent of GDP at the height of the Reagan defense buildup. But, beginning even before the breakup ...

CBA opens up compensation review to all advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will set up a broad remediation program with independent oversight for all customers who received advice between 2003 and 2012. CBA chief executive Ian Narev spoke to the media a week after the Senate Economics Committee issued ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program is set to stir the debate around the professional standards ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... cost of $40 billion per annum - or 10% of GDP - the Age Pension is the largest part of government expenditure; ahead of defense, hospitals and schools, Hockey said. Pointing out that only 14% of Australians over the age of 65 receive no government payments ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... David Engel to Indonesia's foreign affairs department yesterday to "please explain" leaked documents revealing Australia's Defense Signals Directorate (DSD) "monitoring" personal telephone calls of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, that ...

SSgA launches cheap lifestyle funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... this by combining what SSgA investment solutions group chief investment officer Dan Farley described as "three lines of defense". This starts with the strategic asset allocation, or choice of investments that are fit for purpose over the long-term. This ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... 2001 shows that after the initial shock, Wall Street rebounds. Remember the 7.9% (US$42.7 billion) reduction in America's defense spending as a result of the implementation of the sequester? That might have to be put back in again or even increased as ...

All APRA funds to offer SMSF-style choice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... which effectively replicates non-property self-managed funds," he said. "For some, the decision to offer the choice is a defense against leakage to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), but for others it is simply more cost-effective. Almost all ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
The debate on super tax concessions continues as Budget day looms, with superannuation peak body ASFA coming to its defense - but with action group GetUp! joining the fray with an opposing view. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)'s ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... clear investment of choice among advisers with a 70:30 split in favour of the asset class. Howitt put forward a strong defense for Aussie equities, championing the investment potential of 'thoroughbreds' in the domestic market - companies with high returns ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN
Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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