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Broaden ASIC banning powers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... and complements the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) currently being established. "The [BEAR] will ensure banks and their senior executives and directors are held accountable when they fail to meet community expectations, including through ...

Retirement village receives super fund boost

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
An owner, developer and manager of retirement villages throughout the east coast of Australia is poised for further expansion following a majority equity investment from an industry superannuation fund. First State Super, manager of $85 billion in retirement ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... benefit from a selective investment approach. "You need to work out what you want exposure to before you invest. If you want banks, for example, go to Peru," he explained. Markets there also benefit from the Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA) which ...

Female SMSF investors more focused on securing retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... SMSF investors are still showing a strong preference for Australia's blue-chip stocks, with Telstra, BHP and the big four banks accounting for almost 70% of the total value traded by active SMSF investors in the first half of the year. However, SMSFs ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... Financial Crisis, a fixed income expert says. Robeco Singapore fixed income chief executive Maurice Meijers said investment banks that are starting to package collateralised debt obligations or CDOs and other derivatives again is an activity the contrarian ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... years is as interest rates are adjusted towards more normative levels. This has been flagged well in advance by central banks, and has been a long time coming, and we expect to take place over the coming years. "It will have to happen and when it does ...

Hollywood star supports FCA complaints campaign

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... 2011. The move will put an end date to a decade of complaints. The campaign is being paid for by the 18 firms including banks, building societies and credit card providers that received the most PPI complaints. Firms have also agreed to a number of steps ...

Morgan Stanley appoints Australia research head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... Morgan Stanley has appointed a new head of research for Australia. Richard Wiles takes on the role having previously been a banks and financial institutions group analyst. He replaces Lou Pirenc, who is relocating to New York to take on the position ...

Iceberg MDAs driving managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... managers." The IMAP FUM Census comprises data from 37 managed account industry participants, including major platforms, banks and smaller MDA providers.

Labor, FSU call for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... escape responsibility by 'scapegoating' individual employees or groups of employees. "We need to have a close look at all the banks because FSU members report concerns about culture and governance issues across the industry," she said. Senator Katy Gallagher ...