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Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
Australians all let us rejoice... Nah, not because "wild card" Guy Sebastian made numero cinco at the weekend's Eurovision finals - well... if you put money that he'll make Top 10 then go ahead and show us those pearly whites. Let's rejoice for what ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Each and every remaining month of 2015 remains live, depending on incoming data - particularly on employment and inflation. This is the main take-away from the minutes of the FOMC's 28-29 April meeting....but you can forget June... June is dead. "A ...

Advisers debate insurance commissions ban

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Life risk advisers should avoid business structures based exclusively on commissions and start to look at ways to diversify their revenue,following the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) recommendations on life insurance and commissions. "There has been ...

FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial planners are frustrated with the sudden and unexpected change to the laws governing financial advice, with some raising particular concerns about the requirement to regularly ask clients to resign their contracts, known as the opt-in requirement. ...

FEATURE: Big data and financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
It has changed the way friends interact with each other, the way people think and express themselves and, above everything, it has changed the way people buy. Consumers want to be able to buy anything, at any time, through any device. Companies in all ...

SPAA launches online CPD tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has launched an online tool compliant with the continuing professional development (CPD) program. The CPD Compass tool is an online questionnaire available to the association's members and designed ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to temporarily freeze the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which some stakeholders believe will lead to increased consumer protection. ...

Emerging market turmoil is a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Investors should seize the recent falls in emerging market equity markets as an opportunity to buy quality companies at a more attractive price, according to global large cap specialist Insync Fund Managers. The fund house is not altering its portfolio ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
The government has given little away about its preferences regarding the depth and rigour of portfolio holdings disclosure, following Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' release of a discussion paper on this subject last week. Part of the Stronger ...