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Performance competition returning to default super

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... and CBA Essential Super. When comparing life stage options, to avoid such products being omitted from the performance assessment, Rainmaker uses returns applicable for 40-45 year old members. Rainmaker noted that these short run investment return outcomes ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... compared it with yesterday's - and read them again... and again. There weren't any significant change in the RBA's assessment between that side of the New Year and this: global growth moderate; commodity prices down; financial conditions accommodative ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... trade. The S&P 500 index closed 1.4% down and the Dow came off by 1.1%. The FOMC maintained that "Based on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy". Though it noted that ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... may get more of it for as long as oil dances the limbo... but perhaps, it won't be long now. That's if Goldman Sachs' assessment that supply-demand equilibrium would be restored if prices fall to US$40 - and stay there for 6 months - is correct. We're ...

Independent expert lists CBA compensation challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
... are determining the products and services acquired by customers following provision of advice, developing consistent assessment guidelines for identifying poor financial advice, taking into account the evolving regulatory framework applying to financial ...

Adviser remuneration "critical": Trowbridge Interim Report

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... ensure quality advice for consumers and improved insurance coverage across the community. These aims will guide our assessment of the submissions." Mr Trowbridge will produce a final report for the LIAWG which will include recommendations for change. ...

Second Gwen Fletcher award winner named

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A Crowe Horwath financial planner has won the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) second Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Amy Early, has been a financial planner for two years and received the award for being the highest achieving student in last semester's ...

Murray calls for ASIC to have more money and power

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... competition and improve how regulations are made and reviewed." He also called for the establishment of a Financial Regulator Assessment Board to review performance annually, include an explicit requirement to consider competition in ASIC's mandate and ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... general insurance, especially in relation to home insurance. Regulator accountability: Create a new Financial Regulator Assessment Board to advise Government annually on how financial regulators have implemented their mandates. Provide clearer guidance ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Global Equity Shareholder Yield Funds, hedged and unhedged, from "Recommended" to "Highly Recommended." In its product assessment Zenith said the funds are well-managed, providing international equities exposure with a focus on companies generating attractive ...