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Climate change already affecting investments: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Admin costs rise four-fold off-platform: research

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Advisers who choose to go off-platform when handling client investments could be hit with higher admin costs, in one case four times more compared with staying on-platform, research found. The report undertaken by Praxis Partners and commissioned by ...

Extension looks likely for adviser tax advice changes

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
The peak financial planning industry bodies are confident treasury will extend the deferment period of the application of the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) to financial advisers. Currently financial planners providing tax advice as part of financial ...

ASIC eases fears on high frequency trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said in a new report that fears related to high frequency trading (HFT) are mostly unfounded. The much-anticipated report, released today, follows investigation into market prices by two ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s latest report on the supervision of markets and participants shows that the regulator has significantly reduced the time it takes to start investigations of suspicious market conduct. Of ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has expressed its support for the US government's civil lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Rating Services. Early this month, the US Department of Justice sued the agency for fraud ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has lost ground as investors sell out from key resources stocks on the back of global miner Rio Tinto's profit results. Yet, the local bourse continues to rally above 5,000 points for a third straight day. At 1200 AEDT on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following unimpressive showings on international bourses after news the eurozone recession deepened in the final three months of last year. At 0853 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Adviser firm Collins SBA joins Godfrey Pembroke

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Tasmania-based financial advice and accounting firm, Collins SBA is the first firm to join the Godfrey Pembroke network this year, and the ninth to do so in the last 12 months. "2012 was a year of growth for Godfrey Pembroke with a number of quality ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Australia's criminal intelligence agency, the ACC is witnessing an increasing number of the illegal operations, with many organised crime rings - formerly involved in drug trafficking - now targeting investors, as the profits were better and there was ...