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Door opens on IFRS - or is it the floodgates?

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
The International Accounting Standards Board has bowed to criticism of the new International Financial Reporting Standards and agreed to re-open a debate on some of the basics of financial reporting, according to the UK Financial Times. Tom Jones, vice-chairman ...

FSR changes usher era of less but better compliance

... these were reducing the frequency that financial advisers have to issue a Statement of Advice (SoA) to clients, exempting basic deposit products or similar such as Cash Management Trusts (CMTs) from some compliance rules and allowing shorter 'oral disclosures' ...

Westpac launches zero monthly fee account

... Westpac takes a leaf out of Virgin Money's zero-fees formula when it launched a new account this week called 'Westpac One Basic', a savings account designed for pensioners and 'disadvantaged Australians'. 'Westpac One Basic' is a basic bank account for ...

CARE for interactive education

CARE Super joins a growing list of super funds eager to raise financial literacy when it launched an interactive online e-seminar service on superannuation today. The educational tool is available through the fund's website and developed after the group's ...

Ezy Banking shows direct-selling is tough

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2005
... automatic teller machines attracted a fee of 50 cents. CommBank always argued that the Woolworths Ezy Banking brand provided the basic bank account product that some consumer groups and also politicians - notably the Labor Party - demand of banks, though ...

Art of giving high on the agenda

... that to their clients," said Tim Hardy, a consultant for Enrich. The group's first workshop will be in February. Besides basic educational material, the workshop will also cover what fee and commission structures the financial planner should set up on ...

Consumers not dumb, just confused about WM industry: ACA

The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) says the release of the 2005 ANZ Financial Literacy Research and the Study of Consumers in Financial Difficulty confirms consumers are not dumb. Peter Kell, ACA Chief Executive Officer said he commended the ...

Van Eyk clarifies ratings methods

... variety of reasons, or 'Information Only', where the manager has not been reviewed or screened but van Eyk will provide basic product information to clients. Van Eyk pointed out that a fund manager will also fall under the 'Screened' category if they ...

FPA releases Good Advice guide

... the benefits of using a financial adviser. The 16-page booklet contains information on who needs a financial planner, the basic steps to getting advice and what to prepare for the first meeting. More importantly, the booklet includes case studies illustrating ...

Active managers not outperforming: State Street

... of their overall portfolio management, "However, looked at in isolation, most active managers failed to persistently beat basic benchmark performance once active fees are taken into account. When an investor can achieve an index return through a simple ...