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Jenny Brown named AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... (Back to Back Financial Planners), William Bracey (Sydney Financial Planning), Kylie Wright (Ulton Financial Planning) and Mark Rando (Rando & Associates). Speaking at the Great Gatsby themed Gala Dinner at the AFA Conference on the Gold Coast last night ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell has the retail insurance sectors in his sights, announcing that the regulator will conduct major surveillance of the sector. Kell said ASIC is in the process of gathering ...

Read the rules, says ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell reassured advisers at the AFA conference that the FoFA best interest duty is not as strict as people think. He reminded them to read the regulatory guidance before jumping to conclusions. "We're just over three months ...

Registrations open for 'Your best interests'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Sinodinos confirms election promises will be met

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
In his first public address since taking office the Minister reiterated Prime Minister Tony Abbot's plan to reduce red tape, promote greater competition and improve infrastructure in a bid to make Australia a more productive economy. "The cumulative ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Sovereign Wealth Funds across the globe have added $750 billion to their total assets under management over the last year to reach $5.38 trillion, according to new research from Preqin. The growth, which was attributed to the launch of a number of new ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) offer investors returns completely uncorrelated to traditional assets, but so far, Australian investors have been slow to pick up on sector, which is tipped for strong growth in the coming years. Insurance-linked securities ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
Chifley Super is set to merge with Sunsuper, with members and assets being transferred on 31 December 2013. After an extensive review and investigation process which explored possible takeovers of smaller entities as well as mergers with larger industry ...

Asset manager growth ambitions slowed by regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
Australian asset managers say their growth ambitions are being hindered by regulatory constraints and the burden of updating systems and process, according to a survey of 200 Asia Pacific managers commissioned by State Street. In a bid to improve transparency ...

FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Education Limited ($70 million), Mackay Sugar Limited ($50 million) and Silver Chef Limited ($30 million). FIIG Securities CEO Mark Paton said the number of mid-cap corporates accessing capital through the bond market continued to grow as company Boards ...