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Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... can further reduce age pension costs with the right settings between the super and pension systems. If super is our signature policy for managing demography by building savings, it must be squarely calibrated to reduce pension costs as our demographic ...

CBA boss to be grilled on Senate report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) boss Ian Narev will front the media for the first time since a damning report called for a royal commission to investigate its financial advisers. Narev will face a media conference in Sydney at 1045 AEST on Thursday, a week ...

Future of LISC in Palmer's hands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Thirty-five prominent figures in the superannuation industry have called on the Palmer United Party to use its influence in the Senate to block the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme. The letter, organised by Women ...

UK star manager announces launch date for new fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... performance had earned him almost cult-like status. The CF Woodford Equity Income Fund will continue to use the star manager's signature style focusing on companies with sustained dividend growth. Woodford's new venture has already received significant ...

CBA promoted Nguyen to keep him away from clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has heard that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) promoted financial planner Don Nguyen, despite allegations of fraud. Speaking at the inquiry Commonwealth ...

AMP launches new corporate super offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
AMP has launched a new corporate super product aimed at mid-sized employers. The product, named SignatureSuper Select, will target companies with between 50 and 750 employees - a segment which it says accounts for 25% of the workforce. AMP said the ...

ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... access to unlisted managed investment schemes without having to go through the lengthy product disclosure statement 'wet signature' procedures previously demanded. ASIC issued the class order granting ASX relief from this process following a lengthy ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has said that the application form relief being proposed for the ASX Managed Fund Service (AMFS) should be extended to all registered Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). Under current proposals, the AMFS - popularly ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) - he said, "This is a big step forward from wet signature regulations." But how do the big platforms feel about the AMFS? In March of 2012, Tria Investment Partners published a ...