Tim Stewart

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27 October 2011

Melbourne-based Romad Financial Services (RFS) has had a decision by ASIC to cancel its licence stayed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)....

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25 October 2011

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has outlined the regulator's proposed measures to improve the "competency and quality of ad...

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24 October 2011

In the low-growth 'new normal' of the global economy, countries need to find a way to grow that is not accompanied by the accumulation of debt, according to PIMCO head of...

23 October 2011

The Government must remove a number of structural, regulatory and political issues that must be resolved before the $1.3 trillion in superannuation saving can be utilised...

23 October 2011

The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...

20 October 2011

Newcastle-based Hunter United Employees' Credit Union has launched a low-cost web-based superannuation product to service the Hunter Valley....

16 October 2011

Australian productivity is being severely hampered by workers wasting time at work, according to the new Ernst & Young Australian Productivity Pulse survey....

13 October 2011

The Government has introduced legislation into Parliament that will strengthen the obligations of company directors and ensure superannuation payments are made to employe...

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12 October 2011

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has played down concerns it will have little legal guidance once the Future of Financial Advice 'best interests' duties become law....

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12 October 2011

Despite the popular belief that companies with a high dividend payout ratio must sacrifice growth, the historical data demonstrates there is no trade-off between dividend...

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