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Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... involves subjecting PE investment to the same standards for transparency and accountability that ethical investors would apply to their share portfolio," Catalyst's latest report said. "Institutional investors can also consider developing their own criteria ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Abbott government looks set to follow through on its plan to introduce a quota of independent directors on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...

Accountants cautious to enter advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... Applications to provide advice under a limited licence are expected to increase within the next months, before the possibility to apply for it ends in 2016. "A lot of accountants are going through the process of thinking how they operate and they're ...

Advisers should review aged care strategies ahead of reform

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... bonds, RADs will be capped under the new system, so aged care providers wanting to charge a RAD of over $455,000 will need to apply for permission to do this, and sufficient justification for a higher RAD needs to be provided. Many people moving into ...

ASIC backs down on custody whistleblowing requirements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... anything detected via its existing AML/CTF Act program (governed by AUSTRAC)." ASIC determined that the requirements would apply only to the responsible entity, and not the custodian. The regulator also spelt out new rules requiring custodians to hold ...

ASIC's whistleblowing demands too extreme: ACSA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013

ANZ praises ASIC "integrity" amid consumer complaints

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... "The statutory limits on fraud are 20 years, so the FOS find multiple cases of bank fraud by insiders to the banks, but apply a 6 years limit," Wignall said. Wignall explained that she is paying a Commonwealth Bank Better Business Loan and an ANZ Lo-Doc ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... believe is regulatory overreach by the Department of Labor (DOL) that is expanding the role and scope of fiduciary duties that apply to official stakeholders involved in pension funds and retirement products, groups it regulates under the Employee Retirement ...

Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... net worth individuals to invest $5 million into qualifying products for a minimum of four years before being eligible to apply for permanent residency in Australia. Westpac's head of Migrant Banking Jenny West said that the SIV service was established ...

Challenger reports big boost in annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... it will act to remove certain obstacles to the development of deferred and pooled annuities. Currently the law does not apply the same tax concessions to annuities as it does to other retirement products. Ross Clare, director of research at the Association ...