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APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reacted to industry pressure and watered down the data reporting requirements for super funds regarding 'select' investment options. Select investment options are non-MySuper investment options. ...

FICAP gives support to The Shepherd Centre charity

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has brought The Shepherd Centre on board as its newest charity partner. The Shepherd Centre joins Redkite and Weave Youth & Community Services as FICAP's chosen charities in 2015. Since 1970, The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... sharemarket has started lower following a slide on Wall Street and a fall in commodity prices. Wall Street finished in the red overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down around 1% on the back of disappointing retail figures and concerns about ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Australian investors are expected to take advantage of China's liberalising capital markets following Australia's inclusion in the Renminbi (RMB) Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The RQFII gives foreign institutional investors ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... and Brent touched US$45.19. The S&P 500 index gained as much as 1.4%, then lost as much as 1.0%, before closing 0.3% in the red. Remember last year when almost everybody and his dog (even Aunt Janet) were ruing the lack of volatility in the market because ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... prices overnight, as well as a fall in iron ore prices had helped drag the market lower. "We're seeing all sectors in the red and the oil sector is again the worst performer, which is no surprise," he said. In the energy sector, Santos was down 17 cents ...

Challenger negotiates Care Annuity compromise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has backed down from its plan to change the way it assesses current holders of the Challenger Care Annuity. However, Challenger has agreed to redesign the product in line with the new 'user pays' aged care policies ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The upcoming tax white paper must redesign the taxation of superannuation so that it no longer disproportionately favours wealthy people, according to the Financial System Inquiry final report. The white paper, which is due to be drawn up next year ...