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ASFA releases 'first of its kind' best practice paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... the only template funds management agreement in the system used by the industry was drafted by the fund managers. I have nothing against fund managers," she added, "but they think differently to a fiduciary. So I thought, we've got to start from a fiduciary ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... "considerable time" over the past two weeks (even I bit into it hook, line and sinker). Last night, we found out, it was about nothing. It's still there in the FOMC statement, nothing changed: "The Committee continues to anticipate... that it likely ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
One in five younger Australians knows nothing about his or her life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... rates, the building sector is doing well, business confidence is positive, and the US economy is doing better - there is nothing major going against our market." BHP Billiton rose 20 cents to $35.84, Rio Tinto gained 60 cents to $62.26, while Fortescue ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... said the local market was in the red for the fourth session this week and has lost around 1.2 per cent since Monday. "If nothing changes this afternoon it's going to be the worst week in about a month," he said. He said miners were generally higher despite ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... "hedge fund" has morphed and twisted so much that it can mean almost anything to anybody, which means it actually means nothing. Instead, what we should fear is a force much more sinister: self-managed super funds (SMSFs). For the full story, download ...

Who will buy NAB Asset Servicing?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... industry understood that to mean the business was for sale. Two months on, has there been any progress? The short answer is, nothing concrete; but rumours are circulating that a couple of the big players - namely State Street and BNP Paribas - are interested ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... for you." However, a spokesperson for Woolworths said the appointment of a financial services expert to the board had nothing to do with its ambitions for its financial services business.

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... markets sang with one voice -- belabouring the slack, the underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong with this. It makes sense. For as ECB President Mario Draghi eloquently laid out in his opening address: "No one in ...