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The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Down on Putin one day, up the next. Down on Yellen one day, up the next. Financial reports now talk of investors re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen ...

Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... obligations are "a classic case of regulatory overkill". Abbott's comments follow on from SPAA patron and former High Court judge Sir Anthony Mason who explained at SPAA's recent annual conference that under Common Law financial advisers were required ...

Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Millinium Capital Managers' MSF Dividend Income Option has received an "A" rating from van Eyk Research in its Australian Equities Income Review. The Fund has been a stand-out performer in the Australian equity space, returning 39.2% over the 12 months ...

General advice exemption "irrelevant" to advisers: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has judged the general advice exemption to conflicted remuneration "irrelevant" in its submission to Treasury about the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). "The AFA does not believe ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... his opening address to the 1,400-strong delegates at the 10th annual SPAA conference in Brisbane, the former High Court judge said newspaper reports had overlooked the common law requirement for advisers to always act in the best interests of their clients. ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The big four banks need to see top line revenue growth after a year that saw income-hungry self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and other investors invest heavily in the banks, according StocksInValue head of equities insights and publishing David ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Future Fund defiant in face of airport legal proceedings

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

Pension uncertainty for municipal workers in Detroit

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... may face losing their pensions as the city copes with its $18 billion debt crisis. According to Bloomberg News a federal judge has ruled that Detroit, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, may cut police, firefighters and other municipal ...

HESTA and Cbus take AIST top awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
HESTA and Cbus have received the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) top awards for 2013. Hesta won three awards including the Platinum Communication Award for the second year in a row for a new digital member card campaign. HESTA's ...