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FIIG launches adviser services

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
FIIG Securities has launched a new division catering to the business needs of financial advisers. FIIG Adviser Services will provide products, education and adviser-specific technology to assist with the implementation and ongoing management of fixed ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an ...

TH Real Estate appoints head of research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... investment and development projects. Prior to Grosvenor, Tan worked at MEAG Pacific Star, J.P. Morgan Chase and Nomura Securities. His regional experience includes posts in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Fifty-eight percent of hedge fund managers have moved cash to custodians as a result, while 35% have purchased highly liquid securities as cash alternatives. EY's Oceania hedge fund leader, Jon Pye said, "Many prime brokers have less capacity to offer ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... nurtured to become the second biggest in the world? The PBOC's surprise 2% yuan depreciation back in August and the securities regulator's list of bans and regulations mandated to stabilise the tumbling stock market show that central command would not ...

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... that all advisers will need to pass if they want to be on the register developed earlier this year by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Government is expected to introduce some draft legislation before the end of 2015 in ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... providing the deterrence we need to stop the ongoing financial scandals." Top industry officials, including the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft have raised the issue in the past. "We have to lift the fear ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... the amount of assets will fall and the magnitude of the fall depends on the portfolio share invested in fixed income securities." The OECD director said on top of low interest rates that "will last longer than most of you in the room will live," the ...

AIRA calls for fast-tracked reporting season announcements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... interests would be sidelined until the peak period ebbed. "We have had a preliminary conversation with the Australian Securities Exchange about developing a fast track system to operate during interim and final results periods because of concerns that ...

ASIC sees potential for "large scale loss" in robo-advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned that a flaw in an algorithm could lead to "large scale loss" for clients of robo-advice systems. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Congress in Brisbane, ASIC senior ...