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SEC reopens target date funds disclosure review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... methodologies and how fees impact account balances. These recommendations are the basis of the SEC discussion paper. Interest in consumer protection regulation around target dates is growing because while they represent only a small proportion of the ...

PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
As the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) debate rages on, Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll looks back at its inception. Laura Millan A reports. At the beginning, the future of financial advice was in the hands of Bernie ...

Westpac to open branch in Shanghai

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... grants financial institutions exemptions from certain Chinese regulations, including caps on foreign exchange deposits and interest rates. Westpac Institutional Bank chief executive Rob Whitfield said the FTZ signified the beginnings of "a strong and ...

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... of LICs in Australia investing in Asian equities. "Our discussions with brokers indicate this IPO should attract good interest. They have strong support for our Asian equity LIC, expressing a preference for offshore LICs that add value to their client ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Institutional investors must have a greater number and more intelligent blend of income-generating assets if they are to meet the needs their ballooning retiree client base, according to fund manager Investec. The group's co-head of multi-asset John ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
National Seniors has called on the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider ways in which Australia can deliver "top quality, independent financial advice." In its submission, the over-50s consumer lobby urges the Inquiry to consider the government's ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should have stepped in to address what the association calls a "campaign of misinformation" ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... unchanged at 6.7% -- good the US economy's momentum still has traction but not good enough to prompt the Fed to bring forward interest rate hikes which is... errr, good. Still, despite the big picture remaining as it was when we left it in March, financial ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... detail was relevant. Questioning the senator, Counsel Assisting Geoffrey Watson said: "It might have been a matter of interest for the person receiving your call that you were going to get a benefit being a director of the company," he said, adding ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The claims experience at industry superannuation funds has deteriorated in recent months and is now worse than in retail funds, PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Barry Rafe said. Speaking at the Financial Services Council 2014 Life Insurance Conference ...