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FPA and Cbus reach 'landmark agreement'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has entered what it terms a "landmark agreement" with industry super fund Cbus to begin a pilot professional referral service. The terms of the agreement allow FPA member practices to accept referrals ...

Read the rules, says ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell reassured advisers at the AFA conference that the FoFA best interest duty is not as strict as people think. He reminded them to read the regulatory guidance before jumping to conclusions. "We're just over three months ...

Zenith rates NSW Annuity Bonds 'recommended'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
Managed funds research house Zenith has rated NSW Waratah Annuity Bonds - Series 7 'recommended'. The product is designed to provide a regular annuity style income stream over a defined nine year term via a debenture issued by the NSW Treasury Corporation ...

International advice meeting to develop new strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The international Financial Planning Standard Board (FPSB) will look to develop new financial planning strategies during its meeting in Sydney later this month. The FPSB owns the international Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification program ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
UK retirees are using higher proportions of their retirement savings to pay off debt, reveals the Spring 2013 UK Aviva Real Retirement Report. "Despite the increasing tendency to work past the old Default Retirement Age of 65, it seems more people are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian market is set to open lower ahead of the release of official jobs figures. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,117. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September labour ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian stock market has opened lower for the fourth straight session as concerns about political gridlock in the US hit investor sentiment across the globe. A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
US President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold ...

IFM announces new private equity program

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has brought its private equity and private assets operations together under one team to be headed up by Phillip Bower. The new integrated group, to be known as Private Capital, will incorporate the fund's Private Equity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...