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Adviser jailed for blowing client funds on fast cars

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... appropriate penalty. As today's sentence shows, jail time is a very real possibility." Cini pleaded guilty to all charges in March 2014. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions prosecuted the matter.

Nikko sets up new multi-asset desk in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... specialised team in the same location to reach critical mass." Al Clark, who was appointed as global head of multi-asset in March, will lead the 18-member team. He has over 20 years of experience in trading and portfolio management, having spent the ...

Licensees must be more open to social media: AFA

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Investments Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management issued "Guidance on the testimonial rule and social media" in March 2014. In the guidance it said that advisers would now be able to publish comments about their businesses that are posted ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... official Russian military plates brought back memories of the "little green men" involved in the annexation of Crimea back in March. Wearing green uniforms without insignia, those men claimed to be local volunteers, although they were clearly highly ...

Investors vulnerable as property schemes shirk risk disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... opportunities," Tanzer said. "When schemes aren't adequately disclosing those risks, investors are put in a vulnerable position." In March 2012 ASIC introduced benchmarks that unlisted property schemes are required to address on an 'if not, why not' ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... the October meeting." What happens then? The Fed's foray into its first two QE's provides some guidance. When QE1 ended in March 2010, the S&P 500 index gained another 4.1% for several days (23 April) before dropping 16% by 2 July 2010, bounced around ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... However, MetLife registered the largest growth in risk premium inflows (97.1%) and it increased its market share from 2.2% in March 2013 to 3.8% in March 2014. OnePath Australia was the only insurer to register a fall of risk premium inflows (-2%) and ...

HIP Super's Ross Bernays launches new business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... opportunities and financial services that have not received the exposure or prominence warranted." Bernays departed HIP Super in March following the announcement that it would merge with Prime Super. Initially Bernays was going to stay on as chief investment ...

Giant NSW fund names investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... Return to Work and Support Division (SRWSD), SAS Trustee Corporation (STC) and NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), announced in March, will create a fund with assets under management of $65 billion. The Amalgamation of Funds Management Steering Committee ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... British economy continues to gain momentum. The unemployment rate has fallen to a five-year low of 6.6% in April from 6.8% in March - below what used to be the BOE's 7.0% threshold (when interest rates are expected to rise). The claimant count unemployment ...