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ASIC to crack down on big four, AMP and Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... largest financial advice firms will be subject to surveillance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) next year to make sure they comply with high-risk areas of the law. The initiative is part of the regulator's objectives for ...

Mercer to launch longevity insurance solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
Mercer will next week launch a new product which it says will "address longevity risk in a way that has never been offered in Australia before." While Mercer gave little away about the product, Financial Standard understands that it will be something ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... because of weak domestic spending. Consumer spending is weak because consumers are worried about their jobs (they might be the next cost to be cut) - particularly given headlines of rising unemployment, 6.1% in September from 5.7% a year ago, and those ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... fresh template on how mega-super funds in the future could start managing their multibillion-dollar portfolios. Over the next nine months, the $80 billion fund plans to add between 30 and 40 new staff to its in-house investment team, which already comprises ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... "markets don't appreciate how close Fed is to goals" and thus predicted rates liftoff by the end of the first quarter of next year. There was jawboning from that other central bank that's also expected to begin lift off soon. Bank of England (BOE) chief ...

Australian family businesses lag global counterparts

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... sell or float their business, compared to just one in five globally, and only 24% have plans to pass on management to the next generation - a reversal of the 2012 survey where more Australian family businesses wanted to pass on than sell. Of those planning ...

NAB confirms final pricing for Great Western IPO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... sales of GWB shares is not yet known. NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said: "today is an important step in the next stage of our strategy in focusing on building a stronger core Australian and New Zealand franchise. "While the price is lower ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... closely at that report, as well as consulting with the sector as to the coverage of our new FoFA laws that we will take to the next stage because I think that the issues raised are of deep concern," he added. Bowen said that Labor will be drafting new ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... out and lead." Hewson then went on to condemn the current government's stance on climate change. "The world, I think, will next year move towards an agreement on carbon reductions, emission reductions and so on, and [the Australian government] will be ...

Tax cap reform bill released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... year is $180,000 noting there is a rule which allows individuals under the age of 65 to 'bring forward' their cap for the next two years. Annual caps are in place to deter high income earners placing too much money into superannuation as a tax arbitrage ...