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Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... growth and less QE, investors simply switch from defensive and high yield plays into cyclical and growth-orientated scripts. Easy! Then again, perhaps not. Not according to the bond market, that is. The yield on 10-year Treasuries dropped by 0.05 percentage ...

Planning software not ready for FoFA opt-in hurdle

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... much work yet to be done in regards to advisers going through the process of identifying their 'opt-in' clients. This is no easy task for planners and can be extremely time intensive," said Midwinter managing director Julian Plummer. "With the inevitable ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... China. Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were it not for the 7.3% splat that befell the Nikkei. Perhaps ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... - Europe's main stocks shot higher after US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke indicated that the end was not near to its easy money policies. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 0.53 per cent to 6,840.27 points to stand at a 13-year high ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
It's not easy to keep on climbing for three weeks straight, or for seven of the past eight days without resting and taking in the view from the top you know. That's why Wall Streeter's could be forgiven for taking a breather last night but...in this ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... our clients." CFS is also set to launch a fast data download capability on FirstChoice and FirstWrap, containing simple and easy to understand fee information to assist advisers with their Fee Disclosure Statement (FDS) obligations from 1 July. The payment ...

Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... help financial advisers better understand aged care. "It is a challenge because if the adviser is not a specialist, it is easy to get it wrong and make a mistake, which can have a huge impact on the clients' finances [and social security eligibility]," ...

Superfund Wholesale's new tool cuts SMSF set-up to 20 mins

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... managed super fund and the administrator looking after the initial setup and ongoing compliance. "The SMSF iSystem is an easy to use application, which can reduce the time to completely set up a SMSF, to under 20 minutes," said Superfund Wholesale general ...

MySuper draft regs released for consultation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... for the next two weeks. "For the first time, Australian consumers will be able to easily compare super products based on easy to understand information," Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten said. "The draft regulations represent ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... economies are improving or deteriorating and/or the Fed would unwind sooner or later. Enough of that Virginia! You can rest easy now for Bloomberg has just found the golden ticket to ride the equity market. Thanks to its reporter in London, Ms. Sarah ...