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Brookvine inks US micro cap deal

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
US micro cap specialist Thomson Horstmann & Bryant (THB) has appointed Brookvine to help launch itself into the Australian market. As distribution partner, Brookvine will provide structuring, fund raising and investor relations services for the manager ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has denied claims that the government's plan to implement the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation, is a way to avoid opposition scrutiny. Speaking ...

Government releases FoFA draft legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
As part of its move the wind back the former government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has released a set of draft regulations and legislation for consultation. The draft legislative amendments and ...

Nikko AM names global head of Investment

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has named its global head of Investment and appointed three senior executives to its global management structure. Yu-Ming Wang has been appointed as the global head of Investment and will be responsible for overseeing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street despite strong performances on most other international markets. At 0850 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 5,258. ...

Advisers and accountants clash over SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
Accountants are feeling challenged that they cannot set up self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) without a license, at the same time advisers are struggling to gain clients' trust when it comes to SMSFs, Crowe Horwath head of SMSF and Superannuation ...

Praemium to launch retail super SMA service

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Praemium will launch a version of its separately managed account (SMA) platform for the retail superannuation space in February 2014. The Praemium SuperSMA will include the offerings of the current Praemium SMA platform within a retail superannuation ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Documents released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show that chairman Greg Medcraft spent more than 80 days overseas on business trips last year. The documents reveal that the majority of these visits include meetings ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
'Tis being my final type (drivel, to some gentle readers) for the year, we'll take a look back at the 2013 that was to seek the lessons it imparted and at the same time, divine what lies ahead at the other side of the New Year. Still beaming from the ...

Gloomy outlook forces Crowe Horwath to trim business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
Crowe Horwath is expecting revenue to go down in the first half of financial year 2014 and has decided to eliminate "business distractions." The company has revealed that it expects revenue of its business services division to be down by 4% in the first ...