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A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
What had been a mathematically-derived, guessed at and/or expected a,-1 trillion expansion in the European Central Bank's (ECB) balance sheet has just become fact - ECB President Mario Draghi promised - and it's unanimous. Most would have probably read ...

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds have publicly disclosed how much they pay their senior executive staff, revealing pay packages ranging from the low hundreds of thousands to over a million a year. QSuper's Rosemary Vilgan was by far the highest paid chief executive ...

PIMCO rehires senior investment executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
PIMCO has reappointed former senior portfolio manager Marc Seidner to a leading investment position. He rejoins the firm as chief investment officer - non-traditional strategies and head of portfolio management in the New York office. He will also sit ...

Wilson HTM to split funds management, stockbroking arms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Wilson HTM has confirmed that it is looking to create a standalone securities business, following the departure of senior investment adviser Michael Tynan last September. The company "is progressing well towards the creation of a standalone securities ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Draghi dropkicks markets. Super "whatever it takes" Mario has promised a lot... but delivered short. Hence, we got what we got last night. The euro reversed its decline, so did euro bond yields and European equity indices dropped. The Euro Stoxx-600 ...

Macquarie adds SMA option to platform wrap

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Macquarie has launched separately managed accounts (SMAs) as an investment option on its platform, the Macquarie Wrap. This will allow advisers and their clients to access an extensive range of SMAs, managed by investment managers and covering a range ...

FOS demands licensee-funded consumer protection scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
All relevant entities licensed to distribute financial products should fund a default consumer protection scheme to ensure consumers are paid when awarded compensation, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) asked in its submission to the Financial System ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association urged the Financial System Inquiry to review the definition of 'financial product advice' in the Corporations Act and said that the current regime was "detrimental to innovation." In its second submission to inquiry ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
A new government agency should be established to progress the global export of our funds management industry, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said in its second round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The new body, as envisaged ...

Call general advice 'sales': CBA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has recommended there be changes to the way that 'advice' is described in its second round submission that responds to the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) Interim Report. In its 92 page submission published on the ...