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Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... payments. It is also invested in a number of other companies such as Aravax, an early stage biotech aiming to develop the first safe and rapidly effective treatment for peanut allergies, and Nexvet which produces species-specific protein therapies for ...

ASX responds to CFR regulatory expectations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... welcomes the clarity provided by the release of the Regulatory Expectations and the policy statement on Minimum Conditions for Safe and Effective Competition in Cash Equity Clearing in Australia. We have taken immediate steps to address these Regulatory ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
On the eve of the Financial Services Council publishing its Life Insurance Code of Practice, industry bodies have collectively reinforced their beliefs on the purpose of group insurance in superannuation. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Industry Super Australia wants a "better off test" requiring banks and other financial services providers to demonstrate that switching a member's superannuation will be beneficial. Additionally the representative group is calling for banks to ban all ...

Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... weights, they could simply track the MSCI ACWI IMI index; instead they tend to be more specific. "Therefore, it would be safe to assume that a lot of passive allocations in fact reflect active views implemented via indexation," he said. In a separate ...

Well-known stockbroker launches own SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A well-known stockbroker has introduced two managed accounts strategies aimed at retail investors and advisers. Owner and author of daily stockmarket newsletter Marcus Today, Marcus Padley has introduced two SMAs, partly to service the clients of Marcus ...

Willis Towers Watson appoints national workplace risk manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a prominent workplace insurance adviser to the role of national manager - workplace risk. The company said Darren Oliver is well known throughout the corporate market for his extensive expertise in providing strategic ...

ASIC drops proceedings against two former directors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
ASIC has discontinued its proceedings against two former directors of LM Investment Management (LMIM) and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld an ASIC ban. ASIC has discontinued its claim against former directors Simon Tickner and Lisa ...

Default super system splits industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
As part of its hefty work reviewing superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency the Productivity Commission is examining what the $2 trillion system would look like without any default funds. The idea of no default funds is forming a baseline for ...

Pilot, surgeon and soccer coach join FPA line up

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
The Financial Planning Association has announced the full line up of speakers ahead of the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress in Perth later this year. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said this year's group of speakers was the strongest one yet for the ...