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Young investors happier with advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... survey. During this time investors have seen high returns on their equity and real estate investments although lower interest rates have impacted the fixed income markets severely. "As global equity markets rise and yields decrease, advisers need to ...

Institutions and independents tackling risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... about Centrepoint's changes, chief executive John de Zwart commented, "This will remove any perception of conflict of interest in advising clients while ensuring they can access the quality advice they need. "It will also ensure that advisers remain ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Weak US economic growth and reduced expectations of a local interest rate cut are weighing on the Australian share market. The major banks are feeling the most pain as the market backs away from previous bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia would ...

ASIC bans incompetent adviser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
ASIC has banned a Sydney-based adviser for three years for failing to keep records. The regulator said Lionsgate Financial Group adviser Atish Prasa, from Westmead, was not adequately trained or competent to provide a financial service. He also broke ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Gonzalez told Financial Standard: "We have seen a net positive flow into global products on the back of an increasing interest in the market for European quantitative easing." He noted that Europe is "one of the growth areas for investors interested ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... start of a cyclical recovery due to the confluence of three favourable factors: falling commodity prices, the start of an interest rate easing cycle, and the government prioritizing economic reforms," Wolf said, and added that "the government's current ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... more weak US data raising questions about the health of the world's top economy and the dollar edging down as an early interest rate rise looks increasingly unlikely. Sydney plunged 1.85 per cent, or 109.9 points, to 5,838.6, with big banks leading the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
The share market has opened lower as expectations of a delayed cut in interest rates weigh on the major banks. Firmer commodity prices had boosted some mining stocks, while a stronger Australian dollar had been a negative for some healthcare stocks ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... spending power to fix imbalances in the economy and they will use it. They are very pro-active about policy and will lower interest rates to address risks," she explained. Along with financial deregulation, the improving depth and tradability of Chinese ...

Advisers Register hits 22k

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... integration in investment management." Kell said ASIC is currently conducting a surveillance project in conflicts of interest and vertical integration projects and how they're most effectively managed. This is expected to run until the middle of 2015 ...