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Planning industry on brink of golden era

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... something you can confer on yourself, it's a privileged status conferred on you by the community. Putting the clients' interest first must be at the heart of the profession. If you do that, the deed is done." Helmich was joined in the discussion by BT ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... in the market. They have to be attractive enough to individuals who will make an assessment whether it's in their best interest. "The experience in Australia is that people get it. They get a lump sum when they retire, and they realise by and large that ...

We don't want to regulate SMSFs: APRA, ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Australia's financial regulators do not want to oversee self managed super funds (SMSF) deliberately avoiding the question when asked at the FSC conference whether they should or would if given an opportunity to do so. "We don't want to regulate SMSFs," ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... vibrant fixed annuity market would not be easy. "Everyone in the market wants fixed annuities, but it's not easy. But interest rates are low at the moment. And the other thing is there is no supply of instruments." He also said it was tricky to get consumers ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... the midst of its monthly gabfest deliberating whether the UK economy is growing strong enough to withstand the first interest rate hike which it has kept at a record low 0.5% since March 2009. The monetary policy council (MPC) would be reassessing if ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... fell for a fourth straight session as investors weighed up a possible escalation of conflict in Ukraine and potential interest rates hikes in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.6 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 5,512 points. The broader All ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... is lower as fears of an escalation of the Ukraine conflict and a potential move by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates impacts the local exchange. The market impact of reports Russia is massing troops on the Ukraine border has been heightened ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... working to achieve commonality between the schemes so that they might one day be combined. Lo says there is a lack of interest in the Asia Region Funds Passport scheme, particularly in Hong Kong. However, Simmons believes this is not enough to halt the ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... higher-than-predicted 57.1 reading in the ISM manufacturing index. These positives brought back that negative feeling about interest rates anew... so they say. Not the bond market though, it's not perturbed or even excited about it. This is because if ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... governor Glenn Stevens maintained his familiar phrase that "the most prudent course is likely to be a period of stability in interest rates". Continued low interest rates were expected to help growth strengthen over time, although growth was expected ...