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Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... returns," Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica said. "The search for income is more than just a response to rock bottom interest rates in recent years. It marks a generational shift as ageing populations must increasingly rely less on state pensions ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... acting to ensure growth is assured even before the pledge by guiding forward expectations that they won't be lifting interest rates soon (even after the unemployment rate thresholds they've set are set to be crossed soon). So has the Bank of Japan which ...

Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... delivered in the Christmas break is only now being properly understood." Ripoll singled out the end of the credible best interest protection test and the reintroduction of banned fees and commissions as potential red flags. "The previous reform process ...

S&P DJI eyes aligned advice groups with new role

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... products," he told Financial Standard. But he said that regulators have now "cottoned on to the fact that it's not in the interest of the end investor to have preferred lists and to have bank networks that only sell their own products." SPDJI is looking ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is rising to the challenge of efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it ...

FPA "extremely wary" of general advice commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... litigation or overzealous enforcement, given the history of statutory use and judicial interpretation of the term 'best interest'."

FoFA changes go too far diluting conflicted rem: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has argued to a Senate committee that the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) "go too far by diluting both the conflicted remuneration prohibition and the best interests duty." ISA deputy chief ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Asset consultant Towers Watson saw client global uptake of smart beta investment strategies more than double in 2013 to $11 billion in new investments. This compares with around $5 billion new investments the previous year. Overall, Towers Watson's ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... lifecycle MySuper products. In response to the question of whether employers could be relied upon to act in the best interest of their employees (a role normally associated with unions), she said employers rigorously vet and monitor their chosen fund. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting showed some policymakers sought an early hike in the Fed's benchmark interest rate. At the closing bell on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 87.85 (0.54 per cent) to 16,042.55. The broad-based ...