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Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... lower their swords in the interests of consumers. "The sad thing is, while they are both concerned with their own self-interest, the ones they should be putting first - their members - lose out. Focus is being taken away from building the best outcomes ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has countered the notion that the banking sector is "oblivious" to Bitcoin. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney this week, Narev said the bank is open-minded about ...

Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... planning group subsidiary Total Financial Solutions (TFS) has added two advice practices to its network and acquired a 49% interest in a third firm. A Sydney-based specialist personal insurance advice business will join TFS this month. The practice has ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Retail funds should be banned from providing default super to employers who bank with them, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... or 92.08 points, to 23,140.05. Seoul lost 0.17 per cent, or 3.34 points, to close at 1,925.91 as the Bank of Korea cut interest rates for the second time in three months and lowered its 2014 growth estimate for the country's economy. WELLINGTON - The ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
A group of investors and prominent Australians, including former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and former Liberal leader John Hewson, have signed a statement supporting the Australian National University's right to divest from companies. The statement ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... stand-alone counterparts. CFS Executive general manager Linda Elkins said the decision came after advisers expressed a growing interest in annuities. "We recognise advisers are considering increasing their use of annuities on behalf of their clients ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... an adviser is switching a client from one policy to another and it's absolutely clear that it's in the client's best interest, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that."

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... pending. "Following the establishment of a dedicated Real Return Category in 2014, Zenith has observed significant investor interest in this market segment, and this has been accompanied by a proliferation of new offerings and material fund flows," senior ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... to the profession. One of those is how knowledge and advice is applied, and how skills are demonstrated to be in the interest of others. "A true measure by consumers of the professionalism of planners is what we all should be doing every day." Along ...