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Basel III to see banks focus on longer-term depositors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... owning more products, according to ING DIRECT's executive director distribution Lisa Claes. Although the final details of the Basel III regulations are yet to be finalised in Australia, Claes believes the incentive to provide single customers with multiple ...

First Super gets MySuper green light

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Industry fund First Super has received its MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). First Super was one of the first funds to lodge an application for the authorisation at the start of the year. According to ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Byres became the first Australian to be appointed secretary general to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the global forum responsible for the G20 banking agenda. He was also central to Australia's ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
So near, yet so far. Remember those back of the envelope calculations we did yesterday, Virginia? The one which showed that the S&P 500 is almost there - could reclaim the all-time peak it reached in October 2007 by this weekend or at the most by the ...

How advisers can double their business value

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Putting greater emphasis on earnings can double the value of financial planning businesses, according to Centurian Market Makers' Chris Wrightson. Financial advice practices are typically valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue with many institutionally ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... to drive much of the hiring in 2013 as firms seek risk and compliance specialists to help them grapple with the likes of Basel III, Dodd-Franks and the Future of Financial Advice reforms, said the report. "Candidates in much of the financial sector will ...

Acadian appoints new head of investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Acadian Australia has appointed Dr David Walsh to the newly created role of head of investments for Australia, it was announced today. Walsh has more than 24 years' experience in the finance industry, the past 15 of which have been in senior Australian ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... lowest point last June, the DJ Euro Stoxx index lost only 5.5%. 3 A yet-unannounced candidate takes the White House. Who? 5 Basel III and regulation force 50 bank nationalisations in Europe. I couldn't find the list of nationalised banks in Europe this ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... institutions are well behind with their reforms. "It is well documented that Australia's four largest banks already comply with the Basel III capital requirements whilst the great bulk of European banks do not," he said. "[The IMF's] commentary on Australian ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... market in 2009, continued stimulus has had a more limited effect. Furthermore, regulatory pressure on the banks such as the Basel III liquidity requirements may be a strain on equity performance. However, the Australian government is just at the top ...