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ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy proposal for tightening up the regulation of MDAs. Draft regulations were due to be released ...

Advice numbers and client claims hit PIS results

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... it experienced a fall of adviser numbers in the last three years. Rainmaker figures show that PIS had 1,257 advisers in March 2011, but only 533 in September 2013. PIS claimed that during the first half of financial year 2014 "PIS has stabilised its ...

AIA pays advisers to move to hybrid commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... insurance sales to be a risk area for non-compliance where high levels of switching are apparent," the regulator said in March. "We have a concern to ensure that life insurance switching is compliant with the best interests' duty in the FoFA era."

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... surprise" and added that "these things can be opportunities for everybody." He revealed that the board will be meeting in March to "think through" what kind of managing director the company need and also to define the next steps. In the meantime, chief ...

AMP Capital appoints fixed income head

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... portfolios. He previously held several investment roles at JPMorgan in London, Sydney and Singapore. He joined AMP Capital in March 2007. Beardow said AMP Capital is currently expanding its global profile and the appointment of Warner will further that ...

Wilson HTM CFO steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Penrose was appointed chief financial officer in April 2010 and company secretary in March 2013. The group has suffered a bout of disappointing performance following investigations into allegations against former ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... January for an IOSCO Asia Pacific Regional Committee Meeting. Medcraft then travels to Kuala Lumpur in February and Madrid in March for IOSCO board meetings.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... taper when it meets this week have lifted in recent weeks, although the consensus view remains that the Fed will begin in March," she said. "US treasuries at the longer end strengthened, with yields on 10-year and 30-year notes lower (prices higher). ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... causes unexplained crashes. While an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) taskforce into HFT said in March that fears are unfounded, the regulator has recently introduced new disclosure rules in a bid to improve transparency. Professor ...

Fund managers rethink distribution approach after FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... vice versa." BlackRock has taken a different approach and appointed Andrew Landman as head of Distribution and Clients in March to "ensure that the communications are open between the two teams," BlackRock managing director Mark Oliver said. "The way ...