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IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
IOOF has appointed an SFG Australia executive to the role of head of best advice, following media leaks that revealed misconduct within the advice research division. An IOOF spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard that Paul Cullen will be IOOF's ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has flagged new developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
A United States Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for actions against institutions that fail to monitor the effects that climate change has on their portfolios. The Supreme Court held on 18 May 2015 that trustees have a fiduciary duty, emanating ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... QE will continue to proceed as planned - until end-September 2016 "or beyond, if necessary" - and that, "we'll closely monitor all incoming information and the Governing Council wanted to emphasise in the discussion we had today its willingness to act ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
If Ashley Madison users made adultery cheaper and easier, what's holding crowd equity funding from doing the same with financial services? The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has recommended that crowd equity funding should be ...

CBA enlists SuperIQ for SMSF service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
CBA has partnered with SuperIQ to provide self-managed superannuation fund establishment and administration services. Under the brand Commonwealth SMSF - and using the Member Dashboard software developed by SuperIQ - CBA will issue SMSF trustees with ...

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... last year there has been an over 25% increase in IPO funds raised for LICs," Christoe says. He adds it is interesting to monitor where the trends are going. For LICs about 62% of all capital raised in the last two years has been within Australian shares. ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Bank Rate will follow over the next few years will depend on the economic circumstances.A The Committee will continue to monitor closely the incoming data.". Yes folks, it's "data dependent" ala Fed. Never you mind, "All members agree that, given the ...

Independent advice licensee under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... commissioned by Sentinel identified compliance issues, including having inadequate measures to manage risks and effectively monitor and supervise its staff. ASIC's licence conditions require Sentinel to appoint an independent compliance consultant to ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... maintaining the accommodative stance of monetary policy." But in the same breath, promised that "The central bank will monitor for room to ease policy as it awaits greater transmission of previous cuts." To be sure, the RBI could reduce interest rates ...