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Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for superannuation to be taken out of the modern awards system, a move it believes would improve competition among super funds and ultimately benefit members. In its submission to the government discussion ...

ACSA announces 2014 custody awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has announced four winners of the 2014 ACSA Awards. The winners were J.P. Morgan's Marian Azer, State Street's Daniel Cheever, NAB's Darryll Rogers and OneVue's Paul Talbot. The awards recognised ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned the pertinence of figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) last week that show the investment returns of not-for-profit superannuation consistently outperforming those ...

Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

ASIC backs down on custody whistleblowing requirements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has backed away from its plan to impose strict whistleblowing requirements on custodians, after receiving unanimously negative feedback from the industry. In CP 197, released in December 2012 ...

ASIC's whistleblowing demands too extreme: ACSA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013

ACSA appoints new chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has appointed J. P. Morgan's David Braga as its new chair ahead of current chair Pierre Jond's departure in December. As head of product for J.P. Morgan's Australian custody business, Braga has already ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Superannuation funds could find themselves locked out of the best international private equity and hedge funds if the government's "draconian" portfolio holdings disclosure requirements go through unamended, representatives of the alternative investment ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Nothing beats a three-day long weekend break to put things back into perspective it seems. Wall Streeters returned from the "Memorial Day" holiday with a bounce in their steps sending America's benchmark indices on a rebound. The Dow closed 0.7% up ...

Paragem FUA reaches $1.9bn after new mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Paragem Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)'s funds under advice (FUA) has reached $1.9 billion after three practices joined the group between May and June 2013. The practices are all fee-based and look after more than $280 million FUA, which ...