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'Bond King' Bill Gross leaves Pimco

AAP  |  SATURDAY, 27 SEP 2014
NEW YORK, Sept 26 AP - The biggest star in the bond market has shocked the financial world by leaving the huge money management firm he has led for four decades and joining a much smaller rival. Bill Gross, who co-founded the investment giant Pimco ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... performance and will also examine the large financial institutions and the advice they provide. Dastyari's inquiry will keep a close eye at the government's response to the 61 recommendations made by the previous Senate inquiry. Given the large number ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Financial Literacy and Retirement Income. "The benefit of the NZ model," it stated, "is that it is ongoing, maintains a constant eye on the system, raises emerging issues in a timely fashion and is divorced from short term political debates." The submission ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Financial advisers could play a key role in protecting clients against the rise of identity theft and data fraud, Zurich Australia said. As many as 45% of financial advisers feel that offering clients protection from identity theft could add value to ...

AdviserEdge to "live build" advice website at 2014 conference

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
One advice practice will get the chance to have its social media strategy overhauled and website rebuilt as part of a "live build" feature at this year's AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit.A The "live build" will take place over the 3-day conference and ...

Are super funds the new shadow banks?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Superannuation funds are increasingly behaving like shadow banks and should be regulated as such, an economist and pension expert from the UK has warned. Dr Bernard Casey of Warwick University said stricter global capital requirements are seeing new ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... have ignored reports that the US and Europe have expanded their sanctions against Russia. They've been enlarging the bull's eye on their target for the best part of four months now (since March, if I remember right). Yet Vladimir Putin remains defiant. ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... 3.7 percent sales increase". Then again, if the majority of the 500 listed companies fail to beat this, I'll bet my right (eye)balls that Aunt Janet Yellen would and... she could. You, I and Irene were reminded again of this again last night with the ...

Macquarie rebukes advice, compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... Equities Limited and Macquarie Private Wealth. "The committee found that some of Australia's banking institutions turned a blind eye to irresponsible and unethical conduct, including predatory lending, in breach of their code of practice and community ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to fresh records on Friday amid a lift in oil prices and the French government having favoured General Electric's proposal to take over Alstom's ...