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ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... investigating multiple foreign exchange markets and has requested trading data from financial institutions and platforms. At this stage, ASIC has found that the spike before the RBA's latest announcement was the result of "normal market operations in ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
I think someone forgot to tell the equity markets that it's not yet that month of the year when they're supposed to sell and go away. Look around and you won't like what you see because major equity markets around the world have been selling a few days ...

Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... November 2012 and 30 June 2014, 1,497 SIV applications were received. Of these 1,224 were invited to proceed to interview stage. The proportion of SIV applicants coming from China stands at 91%. The SIV program was temporarily closed to new applications ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... coverage and investor sentiment in China. Shimada says financial deregulation and the nation's growing importance on the world stage mean that China's rising weight in global equity indices will be a boon for investors who are already overweighting the ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... long before the large superannuation funds reach the size of the big North American funds, potentially beyond. "At that stage, the giants of funds management in Australia should have the capacity to sponsor activism." Credit Suisse noted that the 10 ...

Another marquee hire for Rainmaker

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... developing, added Page. He said examples of this are how super funds are enhancing their multi-management capability, adding life stage investing options, retirement products and new classes of retail managed investments. The new environment for insurance ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
New Sydney-based fintech hub, Stone and Chalk, has promised early stage investors and organisations access to some of the city's best entrepreneurs on top of its recent chief executive announcement. Heading Stone and Chalk will be Australian-born Alex ...

Fintechs issued AFSL warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... whether what they are doing requires them to have an AFSL or ACL. "These businesses need to get expert advice at a very early stage because they need to be either building their business in a way that doesn't provide a financial service, putting boundaries ...

ASIC launches planner register

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... identify and monitor financial advisers," said ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell. "ASIC will now focus its efforts on the second stage of the register which will capture financial adviser qualification, training and professional membership details to be ...

Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... suggests a significant opportunity to engage members with marketing that promotes the value of advice at this important life stage. "Our research shows that financial advice has potential to become a stronger retention lever, perhaps easing the pressure ...