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Harvard receives record-breaking donation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... returns were 6.9% pa. Not-for-profit (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 10.9% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 9.7% for a segment gap that has jumped back above 100 basis points to 1.3 percentage points. The long term ...

BT unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
Westpac-owned BT Financial Group is the latest group to confirm new minimum education requirements for its financial advisers, responding to mounting pressure from consumers, associations and a Senate Economics Committee report. Similar to the new rules ...

NAB gives advisers 3 years to meet tougher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) and MLC financial planners have three years to meet the new education standards, which require advisers to hold tertiary qualifications. NAB/MLC has been the latest to join the wave of Australian large financial institutions ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Raise your hands all ye who thinks that their economy is growing above and beyond potential, that there's no slack in their nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest ...

AMP lifts minimum adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
Australia's largest advice business AMP will require that all of its financial planners hold a post-graduate degree, a move that aims to increase trust in advisers. All existing and new AMP advisers must hold post-graduate qualifications such as a Certified ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
"What do you know about medicine?" This was what the doctor I consulted asked me when I asked for a stronger dose of antibiotics to rid me of the bacterial bugs that have invaded my body a few months back. Well doc, I may not know about medicine as ...

Do not take adviser loyalty for granted: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
Platform providers should not take financial adviser's loyalty for granted, as new research shows that planners are exercising choice when it comes to platforms. The number of advisers using a platform due to the dealer group's preferences has fallen ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... cents to $81.07. Meanwhile, supermarket giant Woolworths was weaker after announcing bigger-than-expected losses from its Master's home improvement business. Woolworths shares were down 45 cents to $35.42. Domino's Pizza was a stand out performer, with ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... myself and I think it's still a long bow. For the sake of the global economy, I sincerely hope I'm wrong for as Sun Tzu -- master of "The Art of War" - wrote, "There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare." Indeed! Then again ...