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BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... speculated back then) the UK economy is at risk from falling back into recession. Less than a year into the job - and doing nothing but introducing forward guidance - Mark Carney's presiding over an economy that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...

ISA attacks financial 'short-termism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... been rewarded by commissions and... are more likely to be willing to pay for advice to do something than for advice to do nothing." ISA listed a number of factors - including liquidity requirements, short-term reporting cycles, retailisation and market ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... the Liberal side. Sinodinos agreed he brought "a high level of political expertise" to the role, but argued there was nothing controversial about this. He also denied knowing anything about Eddie Obeid junior's $3 million loan to AWH, or having anything ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... went on: "What is needed now is a collective industry push to achieve greater customisation for default members, because nothing will improve retirement outcomes for Australians better than the collective thinking of trustees around the country." QSuper ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... its soldiers out of Crimea. Yup, it effectively ceded Crimea to Russia... and the financial markets simply ignored this. Nothing left but to enjoy our weekend folks... and oh, back to US data watching and not only the unemployment rate and inflation ...

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... BeyondTrust, a security and compliance solutions specialist, wrote in Forbes magazine that cybersecurity requires an 'all or nothing' approach. Manual processes are also no defence, he said, because they are too ad hoc and risk prone. The irony is that ...

LGS to white label MetLife's latest offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... allowed to take." However, Lambert said that lifetime annuity-type products like MetLife Max were not "silver bullets". "Nothing is a substitute for accumulating sufficient wealth prior to retirement to ensure that you can have a portfolio that can be ...

ISA spends $9 million on ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... correct. "The Nielsen $9 million dollar spend in 2013 is an accurate assessment," a spokesperson for ISA said, adding: "It's nothing compared to what the banks spend on marketing." He went on: "Marketing collectively across Industry SuperFunds is a cost-effective ...

AMP launches integrated wealth app

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... said. A survey by Newspoll and AMP showed that 26% of respondents either did not know how their super was invested or knew nothing about super at all. Overall, 44% said they decided how their super was invested while 34% left this decision to their super ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... reacts to these negative developments after the conclusion of its monetary policy meeting. Expectations are for it to do nothing. I beg to disagree. It must do something, anything and now. So does the Abe government... by deferring the lifting of the ...