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IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) fund of hedge fund (FoHF) report on liquidity risk and appropriate due diligence could impact how the sector is regulated in the future, said a hedge fund expert. Following a consultation ...

FSA fines firm for bad advice

FSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
UK-based Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined a financial advice firm $27,000 for failing to match client appetite for risk with appropriate investment products. The regulator found the Henry Neil practice advised clients to sell segments of existing ...

Free planning for members in need: Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Equipsuper is hoping to give peace of mind to members in need by taking the extraordinary step of providing free planning services to members facing terminal illness. Equipsuper has introduced a new free service to members confronted with terminal illness ...

How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... protect their savings from another market armaggedon. When it comes to investing, Dutton said there are two golden rules. Rule One: do your research. Rule Two: don't put all your eggs in one basket. Not that investors haven't heard them before and yet ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... suggesting Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling party is likely to be swept from power after half a century of almost unbroken rule. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 165.74 points, or 1.56 per cent, to 10,473.97. HONG KONG - Analysts said corrective pressure ...

Retirees want funds that last a lifetime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... (Australia and New Zealand), said there is a need for products that address longevity and market risk, especially with the rule of thumb that 60 cents in the dollar spent in retirement actually comes from post-retirement earnings. "This concept is something ...

ING OneAnswer taps online insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
ING Australia's OneAnswer superannuation offering now provides a new online life insurance application and case management capability. This technology upgrade allows advisers to write and manage group life insurance applications for their OneAnswer ...

Paraplanners left out of planning reforms, for now

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... planners and advisers because they aren't client facing and don't sign off on statements of advice (SoA). But she didn't rule out mandating a set of minimum education requirements for paraplanners. "The concern that exists at the moment is about entry ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Watch the screens today! For at exactly 1130 hours (AEST), the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release a tally of how many of us were able to keep our jobs last month, how many were still looking for work and how many started submitting forms to ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Super funds run the risk of giving their fund members damaging financial advice if they don't address the "hidden traps" that come with the new intra-fund advice rules, warns a planning expert. Last month the federal government endorsed ASIC's decision ...