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SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... used for new investment and demanding dividend increases instead. A Credit Suisse report called "The rise of the Selfies" notes that SMSFs "are retarding investment, employment and growth in Australia." A financial adviser quoted by Credit Suisse said ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... the Fed will begin in March," she said. "US treasuries at the longer end strengthened, with yields on 10-year and 30-year notes lower (prices higher). "Weaker-than-expected price data reinforced expectations that inflation was subdued, which could give ...

Majority of Australians remain wary of technology

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... Communications director Norman Morris said. The study focused on how financial institutions can cater to the different segments and notes that a large proportion of Australians are early adopters to technology. "Their combination of higher income and ...

AMP seeks to raise $200 million with debt issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... of new subordinated and unsecured debt securities on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Known as AMP Subordinated Notes 2, the new instruments were intended primarily to finance existing liabilities derived from a similar raising. The first AMP ...

ANZ praises ASIC "integrity" amid consumer complaints

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... reveals that both the bank and the FOS have seemed to fail in addressing those cases. A submission by consumer Julie Wignall notes that "the FOS is placing time limits of six years on cases where they admit there is evidence of fraud." "The statutory ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... required to provide "appropriate" advice, stock brokers in the US are currently only required to provide "suitable" advice, notes the Bloomberg report. Financial associations have said the reform should be driven by the SEC under the authorisation of ...

Magellan High Conviction fund 'Recommended' by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... opportunities cannot be identified Douglass has the ability to allocate up to 50% of the portfolio to cash. In addition, Zenith notes that the Fund's currency exposures may be actively managed. The Fund applies a base management of 1.50%, with a performance ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... them," he told Financial Standard while in Sydney to promote the book. Aside from the qualities already mentioned, Angenfelt notes that all great investors know their investment process inside out, know their own strengths and weaknesses, don't invest ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... contravention against only 2% of SMSFs per year and of those about half of them rectify compliance issues as soon as the ATO notes them. Forsyth added that for many SMSFs "a lot of regulatory breaches might be a one-time event." Despite this, about a ...