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Grandfathering pushes self-licensing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... arrangement is changed after July 1, 2013, the benefits can continue to be grandfathered only if the changes are minor. If major changes are made, the adviser won't be able to benefit from grandfathering commissions. Last minute changes to the grandfathering ...

Platinum offers $15,000 financial planning scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... will also offer prizes for outstanding academic achievement. To be considered, a student must be studying full time and major in financial planning. The scholarship will typically be awarded to a second and/or third year undergraduate, as this is the ...

Fund members still resisting super engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... recommended by their customers to others than their retail counterparts". Roberts said while investment performance was a major factor in these perceptions, attitudes around fees and financial advisers were also very influential. This poor perception ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... opportunity costs of the days the US government had been in lockdown - businesses deferring investment and consumers postponing major purchases until they know for certain. Quite the opposite of what the US Federal Reserve had been trying to engineer. ...

Insurers now in full recovery mode

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
Nearly two years after the devastating series of natural disasters that saw floods, bushfires, earthquakes and tsunamis scar the Asia-Pacific region, the insurance and reinsurance industry is close to recovery. With the great majority of short-tail ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 15 and counting...2 days to go till the US debt hits the ceiling. So what else is new? True to form...and recent history, it looks like the political powers in Washington will again take it to the limit. US President Obama must be wishing ...

NZ Super awards 4 mandates to Northern Trust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
New Zealand Superannuation Fund appoints Northern Trust to new passive global equities mandates. The NZ$23 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed Northern Trust's asset management arm, a leading global provider of index, active and multi-manager ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell has the retail insurance sectors in his sights, announcing that the regulator will conduct major surveillance of the sector. Kell said ASIC is in the process of gathering information from insurance providers about their ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... to result in a clear outcome. All sectors on the local market were higher at noon, with financial stocks, including the major banks, leading the way. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said a lot of worries about the impending debt ceiling deadline had ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... dilapidating US debt default. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 71 points at 5,204. No major economic news is expected on Friday. Meanwhile, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is scheduled to speak at an American ...