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December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... sleeps away and this December would be one of the most exciting months this year. It's as certain as sure that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would remain on hold. Gov Glenn already said so himself. "We should just chill out, come back and see what ...

GE Capital to exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

AZ NGA acquires sixth practice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
Paul Barrett's AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired an advice firm operating under the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom licence. Harvest Wealth is AZ NGA's sixth acquisition, following Pride Advice, CBA-aligned practices Eureka Whittaker ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
"Chill out!" Although it could also apply, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief Glenn Stevens wasn't advising Russian President Vladimir Putin against having Turkey for Thanksgiving in retaliation for Turkey's - the country - downing of a Russian warplane ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... special carve-out has been provided for 'platform-based' choice superannuation products, offered predominantly by 'for profit' bank-owned and retail funds. This will allow them to continue to avoid disclosing underlying costs on many of their products." ...

CBA refunds $80m for failing to apply discounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will refund about $80 million to around 216,000 Wealth Package customers as a compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest concessions and other benefits since 2008. The Wealth Package offered benefits such as interest ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... QE2, stopped... and then "Operation Twist" and then QE3. And wouldn't this create greater uncertainty? The European Central Bank (ECB) tried this before - it raised the repo rate from 1.0% to 1.25% in April 2011 and then to 1.5% by July of the same year. ...

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... products. Sections that will remain include the provision for consumer credit insurance to be included in the conversation a bank employee has with a customer, the clarification of the application of the client-pays and intra-fund advice provisions and ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... company's third tranche in as many weeks and takes the stable of XTBs to 33 in total. The latest release expands the range of bank bond exposures available to retail investors, with the launch of XTBs over a senior bond from Bank of Queensland and National ...

New mobile broking platform launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Capital market technology firm, Dion Global, has launched its mobile trading platform in Australia. Through an adviser desktop, tablet and mobile platform, the trading suite integrates with portfolio and back office systems providing CRM "productivity ...