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ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Advisers in Australia should undertake a national examination to lift industry standards, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has told a parliamentary committee "The industry needs to get its house in order ...

Treasury seeks consultation on adviser register

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Treasury has started the consultation process on the public register of financial advisers, with submissions closing on December 17. The adviser register will be implemented as an amendment to the Corporations Act and approved through regulation. The ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Monadelphous, Goodman Group, Goodman Fielder, Mirvac, Village Roadshow, ResMed, Sonic Healthcare, PMP and New Hope Corporation have annual general meetings. In Australia, the market on Wednesday fell for a third straight day, dragged lower by big miners ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... to a report in the Australian Financial Review, as much as $400 million. NSW Premier Mike Baird said: "NSW Treasury Corporation is always looking for opportunities to diversify its investor base, and one option on the table is the possibility of RMB-denominated ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... II's portfolio.A Recent investments include subordinated loans to Canadian renewable energy company Alterra Power Corporation and US power generation facility Astoria Project Partners. "Our focus now is on deploying the remainder of the capital for IDF ...

Sophisticated investor register launched

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
A new online investor registry, aimed at modernising the compliance process for certifying sophisticated and wholesale investors, has been launched by Sophisticated Access (SA). The real-time registry, known as Cygura, is for investors and their accountants ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Hastings Funds Management. Hastings formed a consortium with Allianz Capital Partners and Alberta Investment Management Corporation and EDF Invest to purchase Porterbrook. Porterbrook owns and manages approximately 5,900 passenger and freight rolling ...

Link acquires proxy solicitation firm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Global share registry and investor relations provider Link Group has acquired D.F. King, a global proxy solicitation firm, after an agreement was reached with its North American partner, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST). Link and AST, both ...

OneVue confirms Eureka Report deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
OneVue has confirmed it has been in negotiations with News Corporation owned Eureka Report to deliver what it calls a "digital investor engagement solution". OneVue said it expects to execute binding agreements with Eureka Report imminently, subject ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... 181(1) of the Corporations Act 2001, which states that a director must work "in good faith in the best interests of the corporation", and "for a proper purpose." The Governance Institute said: "It is important to clarify that the legislation does not ...