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Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... is led by Neill Colledge, who previously managed $11 billion in Australian Equities for the Queensland Investment Corporation and outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index over eight years. He said: "We firmly believe that the first rule of investing is not ...

Better ASIC-AFP relationship could lead to more prosecutions

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
There could be more legal prosecutions if the "inefficient" relationship between the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) was remedied, the Senate Economics Reference Committee has heard. ASIC ...

FPA slams detractors of best interest amendment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has stated that "consumers have nothing to fear from the proposed amendments" that will remove a sub-section of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation referring to the best interest duty. "We are witnessing ...

ASIC extends short PDS relief

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended interim class order relief from the shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. A class order has extended the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Tinto had lifted 56 cents to $66.21 and iron ore miner Fortescue had added six cents $5.49. Shares in media group News Corporation jumped $1.51 cents, or almost nine per cent to $18.71 after the company announced a better-than-expected second quarter ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Capital and a director of Crown Perth. Poynton also previously served as a director of the Export Finance Insurance Corporation, a member of the Higher Education Endowment Fund and served as a member of the Payment Systems Board of the RBA. Both men ...

3D mutual fund launched in US

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
US mutual fund group Outlook Funds Trust has launched what it claims is the world's first retail fund focused on giving investors exposure to the 3D printing sector. "3D printing has evolved into a major industry," Alan M Meckler, the fund's senior ...

ASIC takes most action against small business owners

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) took most of its criminal, civil and administrative actions against small business owners in the second half of 2013. The ASIC Enforcement Report from July to December 2013 reveals that the ...

State Street opens Shanghai office, announces Q4 results

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
State Street Corporation will open a new office in Shanghai as part of its Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) business, which focuses on real estate and private equity. The new office will also support State Street's strategic hedge fund clients. ...

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) have condemned the release of Astarra Asset Management former director Shawn Richard after two years and six months in prison. The organisation that represents the victims of the Trio Capital fraud have described ...