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Coalition clears up FOFA questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL | MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012

... FOFA, said Cormann, but were voted down, although they will be carried forward as coalition policy to the next election. "No ifs, no buts, we will remove opt-in," said Cormann. "We think it adds unnecessary complexity, unnecessary red tape and unnecessarily ...

Market Wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012

... Australia Bank's monthly business survey for direction over the rest of the day. "In this sort of environment there are so many ifs and buts, everyone is going to watch every single piece of data," Ms Chan said. Wall Street closed firmer - the Dow Jones ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011

... perhaps still not apropos when referring to Europa - accord or no accord. Despite 'the agreement', there'll still be a lot of ifs, ands, ors and buts coming our way in the weeks, months or even years to come before we see the tail end of this saga. But ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011

... - manufacturing and services combined - was flat at 51.1. And these were good because...? At least for America, there's no ifs, ands or buts on last night's eco release. US new homes sales fell by 0.7% to an annualised rate of 298,000 units in July. ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011

... to the point - the US employment report most of us have waited for all week was plain and simply U-G-L-Y ugly. There's no ifs, no ands and definitely no buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly. That's just what it is! Although I'm still of the horned persuasion, there's ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011

... timeliness and flexibility of their advice. Frontier was set up as an asset consulting group within Industry Fund Services (IFS) back in 1994. It became a standalone entity in July 2000 and grew from a 10-staff business managing $18 billion on behalf ...

Lift the bar on default funds: ISN

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010

... super funds. The four main entities in ISH include ME Bank as the banking arm, Industry Funds Management for funds management, IFS for financial services and financial planning and ISN for research, policy development and advocacy.

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010

AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010

It's Veterans Day holiday in the United States - a day celebrating the signing of the Armistice that brought World War I to its formal end. And as the world celebrated the end of the first world war that happened nine decades and two years ago, the ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010

Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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