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ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has pulled no punches in its latest multi-platform advertising campaign which emphasises the controversial sales culture within banks. The ads will be released today across television, print, digital and outdoor sites ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... rate of 4.2% from 4.0%. Stats like these should revive speculation that the Fed's "considerable time" before raising interest rates won't be so considerable any longer. But nah, not after Janet's Jackson Hole detailed elaboration for the remaining "slack" ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... and even told existing clients to hold off on committing more capital to the asset class until the US has begun raising interest rates. Osses said he's had to adopt a much more flexible approach to the asset class in the last three years as volatility ...

Aligned licensees could be renamed "restricted advice" groups

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... the limited range of products the adviser is able to recommend." The submission noted that "the inherent conflict of interest created by vertical integration may not be readily apparent to clients, particularly if the product manufacturer and advice ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... higher. The broad US gains were partly because of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's commitment on Friday to keeping interest rates low. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the joy was flowing through to local investors at the ...

EQT adds Dundas Global Equity to mFund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... now have access to all asset classes through Equity Trustees' co-branded funds including: international equities, fixed interest, Australian equities including large cap, small companies, franchise, dividend income and concentrated as well as global ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Stan Shamu said comments by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen at the weekend were being interpreted as a sign that interest rates there will rise earlier than expected, contributing to a pullback in stocks. Locally, Australian investors were also ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest rates? It's safe to assume that we could have heard a pin drop had the moderator of this year's Jackson Hole summit posed ...

Movers and shakers

... McCann to the role of chief information officer (CIO) with a global remit. The company said the move follows increased interest in its managed service offering from across the Asia Pacific region. McCann will help to support and grow this area of the ...