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Advice shortage shows system is failing: TOWER

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The consumer rush to see an adviser before the Simpler Super deadline highlights how the system is failing, said TOWER Australia chief executive Jim Minto. This pent up pressure shows how compliance overload has resulted in consumers being denied access ...

PDS more popular online: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
More than 50 per cent of Vanguard's retail investors are now choosing to download their PDS rather than request a print version, according to head of marketing, Colin Bold. "In some months more recently, we've had actually up to 60 per cent," he said. ...

Christian Super CEO to depart

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
Christian Super's chief executive officer, Paul Beckmann, has resigned from the fund, effective October. "The decision was a sad one for me to make," said Beckmann. "I have had the privilege to lead this unique and values focused fund through a period ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

Regulation of private equity firms is unlikely to change, Jeremy Cooper, deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, told an industry conference this week. Cooper told the annual conference of the Securities and Derivatives ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Corporate governance again emerged as the top risk concern for executives in Aon's annual survey, with changing compliance and regulatory burdens and personal liability fears the primary drivers. The fifth annual Australasian Risk Management and Total ...

Property funds building on size

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Australia's property fund industry is now worth a massive $356 billion with assets under management up $80 billion over the last 12 months, according to the latest Property Investment Research (PIR) survey. The growth represents a 29 per cent increase ...

Investors will be compensated for dud advice: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Financial services licensees must have measures in place so they can compensate retail clients if the advice or services they provide are found to be "inappropriate". The measures are part of a new regulation just announced by the Government and may ...

Members covered for fraud but not bad investments

The troubles of a Western Australian-based super fund should serve as a stark warning to super fund members who blindly contribute money into their super without understanding how their funds are invested. Strategic Capital Superannuation Fund (SCSF) ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Adviser groups charging their franchisees too much is forcing practices to consider switching groups or whether they should set up on their own, said Darren Wise, managing director of Financial Planning Services Australia (FPS). "Some adviser practices ...

Carbon trading gets competitive hedge

Hedge fund giant Man Investments has released a new report revealing carbon trading markets as the next frontier for the hedge fund sector. According to the World Bank, the international carbon market is trading more than $30 billion ($US 25 million) ...