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ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014

Industry Super Australia (ISA) report 'Commissions by Another Name' has sparked outrage among some industry stakeholders, which have labelled it as wrong, inaccurate and misleading. "Consumers are being misled by a scare campaign on [the Future of Financial ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014

... thinking about easing, then it must be thinking about tightening." "That is why we adopted language about 'stability' in interest rates, the intended effect of which was to be clear to people that we did not think that higher interest rates were imminent. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014

... $US1.3609 late on Thursday in New York, while the pound jumped to a new six-year US dollar peak on expectations of a British interest rate hike. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied after the US said its economy created more than a quarter of a million ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014

... just at CBA - but in the financial advisory industry generally, relating to professionalism, expertise and conflicts of interest that need to be fixed urgently." Read the full Senate Economics Committee report into ASIC here Read all Financial Standard ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014

... in one of its two submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) show that SMSFs have just 1% in Australian fixed interest and even less in international bonds. NAB executive general manager for debt markets Steve Lambert says while the reasons for ...

Citi develops white label banking for industry funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014

... that Citi is currently in talks with existing and potential custody clients. He said the initiative is "getting a lot of interest". "There's obviously a huge amount of competition at the retirement stage from the big four targeting superannuation assets ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014

... are beginning to understand the value of increasing allocations in their clients' portfolios. "We've had quite a bit of interest in the sector in recent times. Now is quite good time to be in equities on the one hand but there's still some residual uncertainty ...

Nikko AM to launch Singapore's first Chinese onshore bond fund

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014

... regional investment and treasury products for DBS Bank's consumer banking group said: "While there is generally strong interest in bonds in Singapore, there are limited RQFII allocations available to offshore investors. Such bond funds will provide investors ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014

... prefix my surname again. Deym! Recall his Fox Business News interview where he declared that he foresees the Fed lifting interest rates in the first quarter because his crystal ball says the unemployment rate would drop below 6.0% by the end of this ...

YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE | THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014

... returned 5% per annum after all fund fees over the June quarter. Smarter Money is an "active cash" or short-term fixed-interest fund that invests in Australian deposits and investment-grade Australian floating-rate notes. Smarter Money has outperformed ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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