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Margin lenders tighten policies after ASIC review

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... offering double geared margin loans at the time of ASIC's review. Four of the five who offered double geared loans did not take extra steps in the approval process, despite the additional risks associated with them. Double geared margin loans are where ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
A former Mercer and van Eyk senior consultant has launched DiligenceVault, a new managed funds research platform in Australia. Hansi Mehrotra worked as a research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to ...

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... and credit union accounts, pension and long-service leave accounting and tax, and non-super investments. Watson said: "The extra automation is a massive benefit to our business." Recreo was founded by Crooks and fellow director David Johnston, who worked ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Dear oh dear, the opening lines I intended to scribble on this momentous day have all been taken. "We have lift off". The Sydney Morning Herald already had first dibs. "The Fed Awakens". Not a chance, The Economist magazine got in first. "End of an ...

Omniwealth names new COO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... partner of business recovery and insolvency. "We are delighted that Atle has joined Omniwealth. His appointment will bring an extra dimension to our service offering," the company's managing director, Matt Kidd said. "Omniwealth finds that many of our ...

Australians turning to super funds for financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
Over 400,000 superannuation fund members intend to look for intra-fund advice services to meet their financial planning goals, according to Investment Trends research. The estimate is based on Investment Trends' modelling from a survey of 10,367 Australian ...

HNW advice group faces licence conditions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... restrictions on staff trading, information barriers and managing conflicts of interest in relation to corporate transactions. The extra conditions mean that Morgans has to appoint an independent compliance consultant to review and evaluate its compliance ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Catholic Super chief executive and Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) chair Frank Pegan will commit support from Australian and New Zealand institutional investors for sound climate policies at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference ...

Pengana aims to lead global small cap groundswell

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Pengana hopes the new strategy it is offering through a partnership with the so-called Queen of Small Caps, Leah Zell's firm, Lizard Investors, resonates with investors as much as global mega-cap peers Magellan and Platinum. Pengana's director of distribution ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... filtering through into the core inflation rate (0% in September). Expect more policy stimulus - monetary or otherwise - or extra arrows or perhaps... a new archer?