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Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... "It is important for both investors and owner-occupiers to understand that a cyclical upswing in housing prices when interest rates are low cannot continue indefinitely, and they should therefore account for this in their purchasing decisions."...it ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Industry fund-sponsored organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research ...

Trilogy Funds makes $9m property investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... residential property investment, which generally return around 3-4% pa. Arnold said Trilogy Funds is seeing a lot of interest in syndicates from investors generally, but particularly SMSFs seeking diversification and higher income returns derived from ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... below 0.5%. But not to worry, the PMI survey was conducted between 12 and 22 September. The ECB's easing - record low interest rates, negative deposit rate and targeted long-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) -- has not yet filtered through into the ...

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... appropriate model to increase professionalism in the financial advice industry, as associations have "an inevitable conflict of interest," the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has argued. "Industry associations have an inevitable conflict ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... project will help us calibrate our investment strategies accordingly." The launch of the study is part of a surge in interest in the risks of fossil fuel investment and the potential to invest in low carbon alternatives. Yesterday Financial Standard ...

Cutting edge data tool finds super members most likely to defect

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... demand from funds both large and small to drive more effective member retention strategies. "We're seeing a real surge of interest from funds who are moving on from reporting, which essentially looks backwards, to using predictive analytics to look forwards ...

BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... our QFII products. "The momentum for RMB internationalisation has never been stronger, as we see our clients expressing interest in embracing the opportunities linked to the recent economic and financial reforms. Being granted one of the first RQFII ...

ASIC bans former Synchron adviser

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a former Synchron financial adviser from providing financial services for five years for failing to provide Statements of Advice (SOAs). Michael Richard Irwin, a Rockhampton-based ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... Nowakowski). "The slowdown in China and fiscal tightening will drive Australia's growth as low as 2 per cent next year, allowing interest rate cuts and a 20 per cent devaluation in the Aussie, according to a prestigious global forecaster", reports The ...