Minister Cormann’s FoFA position a landmark victory

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) today congratulated Finance Minister Mathias Cormann for handing down a decisive victory in favour of all consumers who seek certainty in their dealings... Read more continue reading

Consumer rights need to be grandfathered

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has highlighted the fact that 1 July 2014 will mark 12 months since the commencement of the grandfathering problem that puts clients at risk... Read more continue reading

Threadneedle Investments boosts US equities team by four

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Threadneedle Investments (Threadneedle), a leading international asset manager with close to US$17bn AUM in US equities¹, has announced four appointments to its US Equities team. Benedikt Blomberg, Nicolas Janvier and... Read more continue reading

White collar Australia: Housing drives job gains

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Population; Employment by Industry Industry employment: Employment rose by 14,400 over the three months to May – the smallest quarterly increase in three quarters but after strong gains in the previous... Read more continue reading

SPAA supports best interest ‘catch all’ removal, but general advice and conflicted remuneration remain a concern

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) strongly supports the catch-all provisions of the best interest duty recommendations by the Senate Economics Legislation Committee. But SPAA remains concerned by its decision to... Read more continue reading

Personal Risk Professionals joins Bombora Advice

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Bombora Advice (Bombora) Managing Director, Wayne Handley, has announced that Queensland headquartered life risk specialist Personal Risk Professionals (PRP) has joined the boutique dealer group. PRP was established in Brisbane... Read more continue reading

A good year, or a very good year?

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Economic & financial perspectives A good year:  Total returns on Australian shares (All Ordinaries Accumulation index) are currently up 17.3 per cent over 2013/14. If returns hold at these levels... Read more continue reading

The bond rally, secular stagnation & now Iraq

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Key points The global bond rally so far this year can be explained by a combination of soft growth, dovish central banks, short covering and increasing belief in “secular stagnation”.... Read more continue reading

FPA welcomes Senate Committee recommendations to clarify FoFA

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) yesterday acknowledged the findings of the Senate Committee inquiry into a streamlined Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Bill and welcomes recommendations clarifying that... Read more continue reading

AFA: FoFA Amendments don’t remove but improve

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The contents of the newly-tabled report from the Senate Economic Legislation Committee reviewing the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms are as expected, according to the Association of Financial Advisers... Read more continue reading