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JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we sit down with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to discuss his career to date and find out what he hopes to achieve in office. In particular, Senator Sinodinos reflects on the thinking behind the proposed ...

AFA to lobby on FoFA through grassroots campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on members to lobby their local representative on the organisation's position around the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "We are calling on our members to support ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Bucking the trend of producing New Year outlook, Credit Suisse has considered remote scenarios including house prices rising by more than 10% and the dollar appreciating to post float highs in a new research paper. Entitled "Wild Ideas Down-under for ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Commonwealth Bank chief economist Michael Blythe has warned Australia to expect higher inflation as the dollar continues to fall. Presenting his 2014 economic forecast at an Australian Institute of Company Directors' (AICD) lunch in Sydney, Blythe said ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
Australia's pool of superannuation assets has grown faster than any other pension fund pool in the world over the last 10 years, according to Towers Watson's Global Pensions Asset Study 2014. The study showed found that the pool of assets has grown ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has staged a moderate recovery to buck a negative lead from the US overnight. After spending three consecutive days in the red, stocks were up two-thirds of a per cent soon after the open. This is despite Wall Street having ...

ETF assets to surpass hedge funds in 12-18 months

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The exchange traded funds (ETF) industry could surpass the hedge fund industry in assets under management (AUM) in the next 12-18 months according to EY's Global ETF Survey. The report said while growth rates will be highest in Asia and lowest in the ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
More data, more confusion. What's an investor to do? Do what Wall Street did, that's what... sit on his hands and wait. More data. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to a reading of 54.0 in January, up 1.0 from December's 53.0 reading and better ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has bounced back slightly after Tuesday's heavy losses. On Tuesday local stocks suffered their heaviest losses since August after nervous investors reacted to a sharp fall in US manufacturing activity growth. Options Xpress ...

Hamilton calls for stricter SMSF licensing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Stricter licensing rules would better protect investors from property spruikers and unscrupulous promoters of geared investment strategies within SMSFs, according to Hamilton Wealth Management's Ian Gillies. The Reserve Bank, Australian Taxation Office ...