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Lonsec adds AB fund to portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
AllianceBernstein's AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund has been added to Lonsec's core model portfolios. The firm is delighted with the recognition, with AB chief executive - Australia, Jen Driscoll saying it highlights the excellent performance of ...

Part-pensioners short-changed by asset test changes

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Up to 300,000 part-pensioners will have to make significant changes to their retirement income strategy to avoid losing out to the 2017 asset test changes, according to Plato Investment Management research. Plato's research found that in order to maintain ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Significant changes to life insurance commissions for advisers from 2018 are almost a reality following The Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 passing in the House of Representatives. Should the legislation also ...

Bridges partners for financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Bridges Financial Services has partnered with The Smith Family to help deliver a financial education program to disadvantaged high school students. The two-year, $300,000 partnership will help equip 4000 students from low-income families with money ...

ASIC bans SA insurance broker

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
ASIC has permanently banned an insurance broker in South Australia. Christopher Griggs was the sole director of Mount Pleasant-based Chris Griggs Insurance Offices. ASIC's investigation determined Griggs had dishonestly benefited from insurance premium ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Reflation - the word that dominated central bank memes after the global financial crisis is back in vogue. While it became something of "it's at the back of everyone's minds, but not talked about" in intervening years, President-elect Trump has brought ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
SMSF members need to embrace fintech to minimise the erosion of returns and add simplicity to the costs of both asset ownership and administration. Managed account software provider MA Operator says many SMSFs are paying for services they don't need ...

ACCC slams Macquarie and ANZ for cartel conduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is commencing proceedings against ANZ and Macquarie Bank for attempted cartel conduct. ANZ and Macquarie co-operated with the ACCC's investigation, and the parties have agreed that the court will be ...