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CCH to handle First Super compliance admin

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Compliance and reporting specialist CCH has partnered with First Super to help comply with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s more extensive reporting requirements. The new rules, which come into force from July 2013, require all ...

New rules for HFT trading

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Retail investors will be protected from the downsides of high frequency trading by a new package of market integrity rules, said Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Announced yesterday, the new rules include the use of ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
An expected doubling of post-retirement funds under management (FUM) from 8% in 2010 to 16% by 2020, represents golden opportunities for investment managers, Jacob Hook of Oliver Wyman Financial Services advised delegates at IMCA's (Investment Management ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

Fewer IPO's no excuse for poor returns: Hyperion

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... slump in performance, said Hyperion Asset Management. Managers should view IPO activity as the exception, rather than the rule, added Jason Orthman, one of Hyperion's portfolio managers. "In the last five calendar years IPOs have been running at less ...

NSW councils entitled to compo: Fed court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
A federal court judge ruled yesterday that 13 NSW councils were entitled to compensation from ratings agency Standard & Poor's, investment bank ABN Amro and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS). The councils lost $16 million, or 93% of their capital ...

Triple bypass needed to resurrect NAB's UK business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
It could take years before NAB's 'worthless' UK banking business is restored to anything approaching a reasonable sale price. That is according to Elio D'Amato, chief executive of stock market solutions provider Lincoln Indicators. The underperformance ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... because they represent a quarter of the index and have been paying attractive fully franked dividends," he said. "But we can't rule out the bad debt cycle hitting again which would be a major risk to stock market performance." His comments echo those ...

Importance of company culture overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The importance of creating a strong business culture with core values at its centre is too often overlooked by financial services companies, according to Kim Payne, managing director of Experience Wealth Consulting. Payne, a former adviser with more ...

Juicy Macquarie profit belies revenue fall

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Macquarie Group has announced an 18% rise in first-half profit, despite a fall in revenue. The investment bank made $361 million, up from $305 million last year, benefiting from improved market conditions. Despite subdued market conditions, chief executive ...