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AB fund receives Lonsec rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... excess returns to clients for over 10 years. According to AB's statement, the fund is designed for "equity investors with high risk tolerances who want the potential for long-term capital growth and some income by investing in global equity securities." ...

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... value for your members," Rowell said. On MySuper products, Rowell said it was surprising to see medium, medium-high and high risk products with similar levels of growth assets and return targets. "The products are more clustered than we expected, rather ...

Former Gold Coast adviser sentenced

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... a false or misleading statement. He has been conditionally released on a two-year good behaviour bond. "Mr Weaver's high risk strategy of recommending double gearing strategies to his clients, the majority who were approaching retirement age, was completely ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... interview, McClure gave examples where the New Zealand government calculates an actuarial estimate of the welfare costs for high risk welfare recipients, and this is then used as the basis of deciding whether a social venture program is worthwhile. McClure ...

Singapore CPF tightens fee caps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... choice CFPIS category covering equities have reduced 20 basis points from 1.95% to 1.75%. The fee cap in the medium to high risk category (equities and bonds) have also been reduced 20 basis points from 1.75% to 1.55%. Fee caps in the low to medium risk ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... which have demanded system updates, had been a major challenge. They also said the best interest duty brings with it a high risk of non-compliance, and they have depended upon the 'safe harbour' steps to help them determine what 'best interest' means ...

Macquarie forced to contact all advice clients for remediation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... or how many MPW employees have been made redundant as a consequence of the EU. "If they are [advisers classified as] high risk, they're not likely to be there anymore," he said. Kell would not give examples of the cases of poor compliance or improper ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... through the 2014 Budget. The regulator said that it will continue to focus "proactive risk-based surveillance on areas of high risk to investors and financial consumers." "We will focus on financial advisers and managed investment schemes. We will also ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... was now connected with the rest of the world for better or worse in terms of global market risk. As the crisis showed, high risk housing loans in the United States could affect markets around the world, including Australia. Notwithstanding the relatively ...

CBA's Narev leaves key questions unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... were sacked as a consequence of this," he said. He did confirm that as many as nine financial advisers labelled as "high risk" by the bank and by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) were still working at CBA. "The people still ...