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Finance industry groups respond to ETS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Australia's peak investment groups have finally come out of the closet on the government's proposed ETS model. A joint submission to the Government's Green Paper on the establishment of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) by the Australian Council of ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
A $500 billion carrot awaits the new breed of fund managers willing to do their homework on climate change, but the road to the burgeoning investment sector is full of stumbling blocks. Speaking at an IMCA briefing this week, DWS investment analyst ...

US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Local investors are set to benefit from a new agreement between US and Australian regulators that may allow brokers from both regions to only comply with their home country regulation when trading Australian or US equities. The groundbreaking deal could ...

Coalition doesn't support higher SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Forcing people to put more money into superannuation is not something that sits easily with the Liberal Party's philosophy of freedom of choice, said Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The South Korean derivatives market is on the cusp of a major boom - but investors will have to overcome a lack of education and increased risk before cashing in on the revolution. According to the South Korean Retail Investment Market report by Celent ...

Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Rudd Government's proposed policies on super and financial advice are potentially "anti-competitive" and won't go unchallenged, said shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Turnbull said the Coalition will be ...

NZ rules to target 'simple needs' investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
While the New Zealand commerce minister has welcomed the creation of nationally recognised qualifications for NZ financial planners, she has also outlined her intentions to separate advice regulation for sophisticated versus unsophisticated investors. ...

Slash fees with national default fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
A researcher from APRA has outlined how the government could set up a single-option indexed default super fund to receive SG contributions that could operate at fee levels as low as 10 basis points. Wilson Sy, a researcher at the Australian Prudential ...

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Credit rating agencies are bowing to the pressure of investors, issuers, and underwriters to change their ratings, a new survey shows. A recent member opinion poll conducted by the CFA Institute found that 11 per cent of those surveyed witnessed a CRA ...

Aust and HK strengthen retail ties

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Hong Kong and Australian retail fund managers will be able to sell their products to investors in each other's markets following ASIC's signing of a mutual recognition declaration with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). For the first ...