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PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... unashamedly focused on retirement benefits to members." Technology has become the fund's best ally when it comes to staying true to its principles. "We launched a mobile app last year and we have just introduced the online video advice service. I think ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... over the past year. This has been accompanied by somewhat stronger growth in employment and a steady rate of unemployment." True. The latest NAB business survey shows confidence recovering to a plus 5 reading in September from plus 1 in the previous ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... start wetting our pants every time indications indicate that China is growing sub-7%. Now it's gonna be mandated (again if true). Six point five is Premier Li's new "like" and we all know premier Li gets what premier Li likes. Stay tuned (for confirmation) ...

The social benefits of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
The true value of financial advice lies in its social and emotional benefits, according to Effortless Engagement owner Dean Lombardo. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Lombardo related how he'd ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
With data like these, there's just no way Josie, er... Janet. If Janet were true to her word that the Fed's policy actions are data dependent, then the latest data servings from USA Inc. have locked in the status quo for at least until 2015 turns into ...

Legg Mason fund added to AMP model portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... interest rate environment. "Our adviser survey results indicate a strong appetite for attractive income options that are true to label, easy to explain to clients and have solid performance potential. We feel the Real Income Fund ticks all these adviser ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... the practice in recent months, the report would be sliced, diced and scoured for conflicting or confirming signals of the true state of the US labour market. And if these aren't enough to get the market sentiment seesaw going, a number of Fed officials ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... put a halt on the government's Tax White Paper. However a post on Malcolm Turnbull's Facebook page said the story was not true. "We have not stopped work on the tax white paper - quite the contrary, as I said earlier in the week tax reform is at the ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... mature industries such as manufacturing and retail. It raised the possibility that businesses may be underestimating the true level of innovation in Australia. NAB's group executive for business banking, Angela Mentis, said leading businesses of the ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... flow of extrapolations that "the sky is falling" (which is not surprising... bad news sells and "bad-er" ones sell better). True to script, the bad news have rolled in thick and fast. "It may take a magic wand from the RBA (or the new Turnbull government) ...