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The Lighter Side of MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
There will be heavy-duty research and insights to be shared at tomorrow's MAX - but there is a lighter side to the day, too. The one-day professional learning program is designed to challenge convention, give praise for best practice and, most of all ...

Race among the advice giants: MAX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
AMP, ANZ Wealth and Commonwealth Bank are the formidable trinity of industry consolidators in financial planning, according to the latest mergers and acquisitions report by Rainmaker. Rainmaker Research has collected data on the mergers and acquisitions ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Distributing ideas to self-managed super funds (SMSF) is the first challenge for product providers looking to crack this inaccessible market, according to AMP Capital portfolio manager for infrastructure Perry Lucas. Lucas, who manages AMP Capital's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower due to falls in commodity prices at the end of last week. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,495. In economic news on Monday, the bureau of ...

Senate Committee forced to delay tabling of ASIC report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
A significant late communication from Commonwealth Bank has forced the Senate Economics Committee to delay the tabling of the report into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The committee's chair Mark Bishop said on Twitter ...

APRA announces draft 2014-15 supervisory levies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and Treasury have issued a discussion paper on the proposed supervision levies they wish to impose on financial entities for next financial year. In the paper APRA said it needs to raise $117 million ...

Dancing with digital: MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Financial services marketers face the twin challenges of being relevant to the digital investor while complying with snail-mail era regulation - but there are ways to get the best of both worlds. Speakers at this year's MAX Marketing, Adverting and ...

FSC apologises to AusSuper for misinformed tweet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has issued an apology on Twitter after it wrongly stated that AustralianSuper collects $19 million a year for intra-fund advice. The tweet, which was issued on 22 May, stated: "$19 million collected by AustralianSuper ...

Macquarie admits "unresolved matters" with ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
Macquarie Group has admitted it has "unresolved matters" with the Australian Tax Office (ATO), but it considers it holds "appropriate provisions" in those. The group reacted to information published by Fairfax Media, which revealed a full-scale audit ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten