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SPAA reassures members on opt-in

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... required." The association has consistently argued that a statutorily imposed 'opt-in' is made superfluous by the best interest duty and fee for service provisions in the legislation. "SPAA welcomes the 'best interest duty,' long advocating that acting ...

Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... disappointing and the industry has to look closely at the data, which points to clear areas of improvement such as FOFA Best Interest and conflicted remuneration in particular. I'm optimistic the next shadow shop will show industry improvement under ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... seeing some quiet consolidation." Markets had rallied earlier this week after Dr Bernanke signalled the US would keep interest rates low until late 2014 due to problems with unemployment. Mr Shamu said that figures from the US showing a fall in consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... early gains made after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated on Monday that the US central bank's very low interest rate regime will remain in place for some time. His comments drove US stocks up 1.23 per cent on Monday and they continued ...

Challenger to launch new fixed income fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... locked in at the onset of the policy until the fund's maturity date. Challenger said the fund will offer competitive interest rates that are locked in at the start of investing and will not be linked to the market future distributions, therefore are ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... opening trade, with investors encouraged by signs from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 1013 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37 points, or 0.87 per cent, at 4,299.8, while the ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... which is a welcome development indeed," undoubtedly helped by the Fed's cheap and easy money policies. The Fed has kept interest rates at 0-0.25% since December 2008, bought around US$2,300,000,000,000 worth of US Treasuries and pledged to keep the fed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.38 US cents, up from 104.48 cents on Monday. ...

Major product changes ahead for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Product providers are reassessing their offerings to the independent adviser market, according to ANZ Wealth, with new strategies under development to address massive issues. Practical implementation is centre stage for ANZ Wealth across a number of ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... could be why the All Ordinaries Index dipped by only 0.1% all of last week - not Salomon Lew's call for the RBA to slash interest rates by as much as 75 basis points. Perhaps it's the prospect that come next year, Federal Labor would be no more? Just ...