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Plum launches free advice service

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... statement of advice for free. The tool aims at increasing people's engagement with their superannuation and at helping them to plan their financial future in retirement. Members can access the tool via the Plum secure member website and it includes an ...

Nikko consolidates Asian growth with key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... this year said that he has plans to enhance the coverage and capabilities of the investment team globally. "Nikko AM has a plan for continued growth across the Asia Pacific region and I am pleased to support that with these strategic new hires to the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher despite a quiet night on Wall Street as investors wait for the outcome of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting. The September share price index futures contract is up seven points at 5,014. The ...

AIA Group reports 34% profit growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... relationship with partners and customers to become an important part of their protection strategy," he said. However, the latest Plan For Life insurance report shows that AIA Australia was leading the overall sales decrease in Australia. The insurer's ...

Fidelity joins Calastone's automated funds transaction network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network. The deal sees Calastone automate flows from participating platforms and custodians into Fidelity's Australian fund range. "Fidelity welcomes the automation of this ...

Invesco appoints new CEO from BT's ranks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Best Interest drives advisers away from products

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Best Interest Duty provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation is designed to make planners give comprehensive advice in a process where recommending a product is "the last piece of the puzzle." At the end of the advice process ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Resource companies are struggling as the Australian market opens flat. The big banks, however, are rallying as financial markets continue to expect an interest rate cut in August. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said that after several days ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
A dramatic increase in the amount Asian companies are spending on research and development means many are fast becoming world beaters, according to one Fidelity portfolio manager. Presenting to more than 300 advisers at an event in Sydney with regional ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The first submissions to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) performance have been made public. The Senate Committee has received at least four submissions and has made two of them ...