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van Eyk calls for pay for ratings disclosure

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
In its future of financial advice (FOFA) submission, investment research house, van Eyk has called for the disclosure of the pay for ratings research model, not currently integrated into the proposed reforms. "As part of the arrangement where a client ...

Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Super funds are being accused of not maximising green investment opportunities, and avoiding full investment disclosure to members at a time when climate-related risks are a hot issue. In a report released yesterday, Global Investor Survey on Climate ...

ASIC forces iPlan to hire compliance expert

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
ASIC has imposed new conditions on iPlan's Australian financial services (AFS) licence after it unearthed a conflict of interest relating to the use of investment platforms. Under the terms of its revised licence iPlan must appoint an independent compliance ...

Continuous disclosure continuous change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Continuous disclosure for Australia's listed companies is becoming more complex due the introduction of stock market competition, new media, and algorithmic trading and companies need to adapt their investor relations strategies to handle these developments. ...

Advisers hampered by conflicted platforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... conflict of interest created for financial advisers when platform structures are owned by product providers. "The key is disclosure," he said. "Management of conflicts and avoidance of conflicts." He said the FPA supports the Government's stance on the ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... needed to advise their clients of the right to complain to external dispute resolution schemes on their websites, in disclosure documents and when handling complaints. "Failure to do so is a breach of a licensing obligation."

Bloomberg Tradebook taps into research vein

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... clients services, including giving clients direct access with the analysts themselves to discuss any investments and full disclosure of fees so clients can only pay for research that they want and can pay using hard dollars, commission sharing arrangements ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... change in the law," added Merry who welcomed the ASIC proposals. In November 2010 ASIC called for improved CFD product disclosure to help retail investors understand the highly leveraged derivative products they trade. It put in place a model to address ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... corruption in different countries, he said the index operates from publicly disclosed market data. "A consistent history of disclosure by stocks within the S&P Frontier BMI country indices is a good start from which... we then apply a strict set of rules ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... walk' after the nation's first climate change resolution did not pass, despite voting funds saying they support carbon disclosure. The vote was held at Australian oil and gas company Woodside's annual general meeting, a company that a number of super ...