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Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... companies," but that its concern is governance and compliance, not the businesses themselves. "ASIC has to regulate everything from banking products and super disclosure to mining; it's being pulled in a lot of directions." The Committee should be looking ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... soon... when stocks rose 40 per cent into the summer only to crash 41 per cent in two months". Because "In March of 2009 everything looked horrible, now nobody can find a reason why stocks could go down... We ask that you should buy stocks when everything ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... future and assume that economies operate in a vacuum and that governments and central banks would sit idly by and watch everything go kaboom and other economic agents don't adjust accordingly... and global economies stay on their current track. Get the ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... interesting implications for the ranking of MySuper products and in a few years insurance could be the weighting tool." "If everything else is equal, the difference between industry and master trusts will be in the insurance offering," he said. RGA Australia ...

NGS Super rebrands, launches new logo

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... said. "Every decision we make is a direct result of listening to our members, constantly having them front of mind in everything that we do, from fund investment to implementation of new technology and tools."

PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... New South Wales. A lot has changed since then. "We had no telephone banking in those days, there were no computers, everything was done by hand," he says. "You even used to be able to smoke in the branch, so they'd put an ashtray between you and the ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Prime Minister Tony Abbott said about the spoken word back in May 2010. "I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm ...

Young clients also looking for aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... of clients want is certainty that if there are hiccups, if something happens, they can call us and that we will have everything under control," she added. Brown set up binding death benefit nominations as part of the holistic advice she gave to the couple. ...

BT arms planners with tablets to improve advice

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... offices, and the release of a new application giving up-to-date technical information puts clients at the centre of everything we do," Hall said. Microsoft has produced a Youtube video that demonstrates the versatility of the tablets and shows the 'Your ...

Onus on consumers to ask about commissions: Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... regarded as being in the best interests of the client, given the client's relevant circumstances." Sinodinos said: "Everything we have done has been based on the best legal advice in the Commonwealth." He said the removal of the catch-all provision would ...