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FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) will be holding its annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John ...

Robbie Bennetts takes stake in Beacon

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... platform. Daly said Beacon was attracted to the fact OneVue is not institutionally aligned as it has no conflicts of interest in the manufacturing of products and therefore has few restrictions in the options it can provide. "We are an advocate for independent ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... website, the bonds pay out $10,000 each on 30 June in the year the investor chooses. Duchesne said he expects significant interest from the self-managed super fund market, which has traditionally been defensively positioned. "By buying a number of bonds ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... The central bank said it would provide "liquidity support" if needed after a shortage of money in credit markets caused interest that banks pay to borrow from each other to spike last week. The bank also said it already had provided money to some institutions ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... liquidity risk in the banking system is under control," and that, "We will stabilise market expectations and guide market interest rates to reasonable levels." He also noted that the jump in money market rates has been caused by seasonal factors and ...

Curve appoints head of adviser relations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... launched last month, service will give advisers access to 'specials' - term deposits with better-than-usual rates of interest. Heard has 13 years' experience in customer service and relationship management. He has held positions with CBA, BT Financial ...

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The New South Wales (NSW) government's innovative infrastructure funding model will be in the interests of industry super funds, according to director of government relations at the Industry Super Network (ISN) Matthew Linden. As more infrastructure ...

Accountants eye full AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The accountant community is showing interest on getting a full Australian financial services (AFS) licence rather than a limited one, Count Financial (Count) chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard. Count has been in talks with over one hundred ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... 7.39 (0.22 per cent) to 3,357.25. Indices in France, Germany and the UK all opened higher, but tumbled after US Treasury interest rates move sharply higher at midday. US stocks also swooned, but later recovered after several lurches up and down throughout ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... danger has become real and present especially combined with news that China is reportedly "punishing" its banks by letting interest rates soar there at the same time that its PMI shows manufacturing contracting. Bloomberg reports that "The seven-day ...