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AFA hits out at ISN over deal allegations

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... the use of the term "financial planner". National media reported this week that the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and ISN had made a "secret" agreement to exempt planners from opt-in after just four years. However FPA boss Mark Rantall yesterday ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... 27 of 70 Chinese cities in the year to February with prices unchanged in 6 others. But have another look, closer, closer. Isn't this exactly what China wants -- to slow the economy to a more sustainable growth rate? Only recently, it downshifted its ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... (it peaked at 10.2% back in 2009); house prices to slide by 21%; and, a 50% dive in stock market prices. A real nightmare, isn't it? But 15 of the 19 biggest US banks had been tested and shown to survive these all. Unlike the recycled scares on this ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... and achieve "higher-quality development over a longer period of time". What's spooky about that? What's wrong about that? Isn't this what you, I and Irene have been clamouring about all along? That China stops sprinting and just paces itself. That it ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... more important story about the uncertainty in industry minds about this." David Whiteley, head of Industry Super Network (ISN) said he believed the reforms would deliver "substantial benefit" to consumers and the industry in general. And he also predicted ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... other sources we can pursue." When asked what is the ultimate size for operational efficiency, Curtis said that there really isn't a number that fits. "AustralianSuper has $43 billion and just under 3% of the Australian super market, but we are not huge." ...

Adviser numbers to remain stable post FOFA: Rice Warner

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... figures pointing to a 5% reduction in overall numbers by 2026. Matt Linden, chief policy adviser at Industry Super Network (ISN) said there have been a number of significant changes to FOFA policy since the last report came out. "A key change surrounds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... movement (of the Australian dollar). "But the market has already rallied on the back of it, so if it disappoints and there isn't a firm resolution, then you could see a little more selling." However, Mr Darvall said a strong US jobs figure and a successful ...

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Euro isn't the cause of Europe's economic woes and referring to it as a currency crisis misses the point, said the German foreign minister, Dr Guido Westerwelle, in a strongly worded speech to the Brookings Institution in the US last month. "The ...

SuperStream compliance poses threat to funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... through," said Boal. "Funds might have to go back to all their members to ascertain exactly who is a default member and who isn't before they consolidate any accounts between a MySuper option or a choice option. There will be lot of preparatory work ...