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ASIC enforcement must get tough: Commissioner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... ruled out handing over a part of ASIC's remit to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). He stopped just short of recommending a civil enforcement agency for misconduct evidence gathered in ASIC investigations. While such a body could ...

Superannuation to face BEAR: Hayne

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime should be extended to superannuation. This is one of nine recommendations for the superannuation sector Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has pushed for in his final report released overnight. The BEAR came into ...

Hayne stops short of dismantling vertical integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
The business model under fire for much of the Royal Commission has escaped punishment in Kenneth Hayne's final report. In handing over his 76 recommendations to improve the banking and financial services industry in Australia, Hayne avoided calling ...

Conflicts of interest recommendation falls short

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Industry Super Australia has criticised the banking Royal Commission final report for falling short of addressing conflicts of interest. Industry Super Australia said the structure of the industry and other profit-to-member super funds has avoided such ...

SMSF investments reach far and wide

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... sustain demand and tend to retain their value even during economic downturns," LaGreca said. "They can be volatile in the short term but gold and silver have always maintained their value in the long term because they are tangible unlike shares." He ...

Hiring outlook subdued: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... the last 18 months in which the Royal Commission dominated headlines and brought into question the sector's pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of basic standards of honesty. This week we ask if the credit crunch will deepen at the effect ...

Robo-adviser launches high interest savings solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
A robo-adviser and fund manager is launching a savings option that would see money invested in a high-interest cash exchange-traded fund. Stockspot is offering Stockspot Savings, giving clients access to competitive interest rates and leveraging the ...

QIC signs US investment partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
QIC is investing in a Boston university's parking systems as part of a 50-year partnership, building its American infrastructure presence. QIC Global Infrastructure has formed a new company MasParc and Mobility LLC that will take over the management ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... house prices and consumer sentiment, and the US Federal Reserve's reaction amid global trade concerns. Both think being short the Aussie dollar is a good hedge. Up, down or sideways, if the rate moves, how can advisers and investors structure their ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... the market in companies that have a stable underlying value and then we take a long-term approach to investing, not making short-term decisions based on volatility in the market." Avenir's research says even during years of low volatility, almost ...