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Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... competition, resolution, supervision, auditing and valuation policies, less attention has been paid to governance despite a strong link between governance and risk-taking. Yesterday the Commonwealth Bank announced a $5 billion capital raising that will ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched a series of case studies that promote best practice by financial advisers in the use of social media and digital marketing. The publication, the first of its kind for the industry, reflects the growing ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes proposed governance changes to superannuation fund boards ignore the lessons learnt from the HIH disaster. Speaking at the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
AdviserLogic has partnered with Rice Warner to upgrade RiskLogic, its insurance quoting and comparison service. Rice Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and ...

FIIG launches fixed income MDA service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed former head of fixed income at Dixon Advisory Funds Management, Alwyn Hung, to lead a new managed accounts service for bonds. Hung joins FIIG as the senior portfolio manager of cash and fixed income for the Managed Income ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
IOOF chair Roger Sexton has called for Government to provide further funding to ASIC so the regulator can handle whistleblowers more efficiently. Speaking at the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of financial advice hearing in Sydney ...

NZ Super Fund heavy on growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The portfolio that holds the majority of New Zealand Superannuation Fund investments will keep its 80% growth and 20% fixed income ratio in order to meet an ongoing return mandate. Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, who manage the $26.7 billion ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street where weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Social adviser implores positivity for planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
Founder of The Social Adviser, Baz Gardner, is encouraging financial advisers and planners to rally at the last hour and support the Positivity for Planners A campaign. In his post to a LinkedIn group yesterday, Gardner urged planners and advisers to ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street snapped a five-day losing streak and European stocks were boosted by bargain-hunting after recent China-inspired losses. At 0802 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...