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Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
One-quarter of financial advisers are in licensees that have changed ownership since the GFC and 80% of affected advisers have gone into advice groups owned by the big six bancassurance groups, reveals the 2013 Rainmaker Financial Planning Report. "The ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... the week. Shares in HSBC were among the biggest risers in London as strong quarterly earnings at Europe's largest bank offset news that it has been dragged into a worldwide probe into possible rigging by lenders of the foreign exchange market. Stock ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... 21.89 (0.56 per cent) to 3,928.96. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rebounded as positive Chinese manufacturing data offset weak eurozone numbers, while the euro touched a two-year high against the dollar. Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 0.68 per cent ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned consumers about advertising that promotes the use of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to invest in residential properties through the National Rental Affordability Scheme ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
We now resume normal programming, now that the 2013 season of Washington's "when the shutdown meets the ceiling" theatre is over. Let's watch the China channel. The economy's going where PM Li likes it to be - GDP growth quickened to 7.8% in the third ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
UK retirees are using higher proportions of their retirement savings to pay off debt, reveals the Spring 2013 UK Aviva Real Retirement Report. "Despite the increasing tendency to work past the old Default Retirement Age of 65, it seems more people are ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... with news that President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen to replace Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke failing to offset jitters over the US budget showdown. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.44 per cent to close at 6,337.91 points ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... Enrico Letta's government but later stood at $1.3638. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose 1.00 per cent as upbeat Chinese data offset concerns about the US government shutdown. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday climbed 229.92 points to 23,214.40 ...

Asset consultants "useless": Oxford University study

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... fund holdings. The study notes that recommended products would need to deliver even higher returns than other products to offset consultant fees. The paper estimates that as at June 2011, over US$13 trillion of tax-exempt US institutional assets were ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders nervous amid relentless partisan squabbling over a US budget bill to avert a partial US government shutdown. At 0759 AEST on Monday, the September share price ...