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Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Government will continue to make the case as to why good public policy reform in this area is important in the public interest and in the consumers interests." Last night Labor was successful in its attempts to disallow the government's changes to the ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... information showing that 50% of institutional super fund assets are invested into equities, 33% is in cash and fixed interest, 8% is in property, 4% is in infrastructure and 4% is elsewhere. Half of international fixed interest assets are hedged for ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... are distributed through non-aligned financial advisers, according to the Society of Financial Planners of India. Fixed interest funds account for 57% of the market followed by 16% in short term money market and liquid funds. Equity oriented funds comprise ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... go through with it (less its credibility gets shot) but... this bad news would keep the US central bank from raising interest rates sooner rather than later - and this is good news. Still, this is not the case, that is, if like your balding typist, they ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... option to opt in or out of their arrangement with an adviser. They also ensured advisers were always working in the best interest of the client rather than their institution. But in July, the government used its regulatory powers to modify aspects of ...

Sunsuper taps FPA adviser network

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... through our members, we stand with Australians for a better financial future." The FPA will undertake an Expression of Interest process to all FPA Professional Practices, to support Sunsuper in connecting its members with quality financial advice. The ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... customer education seminars and marketing initiatives; facilitating the issuance and trading of debt market products and interest rate and commodity derivative products denominated in RMB; and promoting ASX in China and other Asian markets as a venue ...

ASIC to scrutinise intra-fund advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... stage with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell. Rowell was asked to comment on APRA's interest in intra-fund advice. "It's something we're alert to. We clearly want to understand what the nature of the operations of ...

Van Eyk collapse brings down AWI chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The chairman of Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has resigned in the wake of the collapse of van Eyk Research, with a replacement to be voted on at AWI's annual general meeting (AGM) in November. According to AWI, the board has asked iPac Securities ...

Increased record keeping provisions for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial advisers will need to keep additional records proving they've complied with the best interests' duty when they give personal advice to retail clients after 23 March 2015. Information to be provided will include documentation that proves the ...