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APLs a potential minefield under FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... George Lucas, told Financial Standard that while much of the industry was preoccupied with talk about opt-in and best interest, the real discussion should be around conflicted remuneration. "The question is how this will be enforced internally inside ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... growth slightly outstripping exports. Mandiri does not, however, expect upward trending inflation to lead to an official interest rate rise although the market is pricing in an increase resulting in bond prices moving down aggressively, they noted. Mandiri ...

Planner annuity interest climbs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... annuities," said Recep Peker, Investment Trends senior analyst. "For some they compete with other products in a high interest rate environment, such as term deposits that are easier to understand and return close to six per cent per annum." Two-thirds ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... Facility and the Munich Re Foundation. Asia is so central to microinsurance because of its large and dense populations, interest from public and private insurers and relevant distribution channels that include local and village bank branches, retailers ...

Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Member interests and not the interests of competing funds is paramount for default super, said FSC and the AIST in their parliamentary submissions. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have ...

Vanguard launches bond ETF

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Vanguard will add a fixed interest ETF to its stable with an Australian Government Bond ETF based on the UBS Index. Targeting investors, advisers and institutions, the new exchange traded fund (ETF) is a share class of the existing Vanguard Australian ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... Analysis conducted as part of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change in 2006 found it was in the long-term interest of capital markets to act now to mitigate climate change outcomes. Ambachtsheer said it was reassuring to see investors taking ...

RBC acquires 100pc RBC Dexia IS

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012

Future First joins Paragem

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Victorian financial planning practice, Future First, is the thirteenth firm to join independently owned Paragem AFSL, leaving AMP-aligned Hillross Financial Services. With the addition of Future First, Paragem's AFSL now holds over $1.3bn under advice. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... the euro lost ground against the dollar, hit by yet more signs of recession in Europe as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at an historic low. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies fell 2.30 percent to 5,703.77 ...