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From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
A small minus one day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Consumer-based adviser "review" service Adviser Ratings has updated its website to accommodate ASIC's first adviser register (FAR), launching at the end of March. The website, which currently has a database of 18,000 advisers, now provides users with ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The winners of the FSC's 2015 Life Insurance Awards have been announced. Speaking at the FSC Life Insurance Conference 2015, FSC chief executive Sally Loane congratulated NAB's Eleanor Hartmann (Young Achiever) and Sean McCormack (Leadership Award) ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The local share market is in negative territory with pain from the banks and mining giant BHP Billiton. "There's a big sell-off - particularly in the banks," IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said. He said heavy losses in US markets overnight was driving ...

Degrees don't ensure good financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The FSI recommendation for advisers to hold a "relevant tertiary degree" in order to raise minimum competency standards will not ensure good advice and may drive established advisers out of the system, according to Australian Institute of Company Directors ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AllianceBernstein has been awarded a $100 million mandate from VicSuper for its Emerging Consumer strategy. "The Emerging Consumer strategy will diversify our emerging-market equities exposure. We were impressed by the product's uniqueness," said VicSuper ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Markit Economics' flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data dump yesterday gives us the lay of the land for first quarter economy and beyond. While it's tempting to correlate these PMI readings with the effectiveness (or not) of the monetary policy ...

Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Convincing self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to invest in infrastructure is not worth the effort and the industry should be focusing on getting good projects out in the market, according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia chief executive Brendan ...

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Crescent Weath's bid to invest following Islamic and ethical principles has delivered strong returns for the superannuation fund's 3,500 members. The Crescent International Equity fund, offered within Crescent Wealth's investment options, had returned ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly rose as gains in consumer shares helped boost benchmarks back near records. At 0813 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,955. In ...