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Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... exposure to listed companies in the Asia region, ex Japan. Platinum has already lodged the prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is aiming to raise up to $500 million before the acceptance of any oversubscriptions. ...

NAS provides new corporate actions service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... launched a new service allowing clients to access near real-time corporate actions announced by the issuers of ASX quoted securities. NAS, the largest custodian in Australia, believes the new service will deliver the "most timely, accurate, and comprehensive ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... committee that includes representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), SMSF Association ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... "systemic risks", after major indices plunged more than 8 percent in the biggest one-day fall since 2007". The carrot. The securities regulator also said market authorities would deal severely with anyone engaged in the "malicious shorting of stocks". ...

Minimum $200k SMSF balance "completely incorrect"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
A superannuation lawyer has slammed the recommendation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) should hold a minimum balance of $200,000. Townsends Law special counsel on superannuation Michael ...

InvestSMART launches free robo-advice tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... other direct-to-consumer tools essentially comprised "asking consumers five questions and spitting out a basket of securities," InvestSMART's service not only takes into account a user's existing investments (which he said would comprise anything listed ...

Macquarie pays $11m advice compensation so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... from clients, 62 of which (7.4%) were eligible for a total of $5.4 million compensation. A year ago, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) forced the group to establish a compensation process for clients who were victims of bad ...

Ipac head of technical services joins Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Head of technical services at AMP-owned ipac Securities has stepped down from his role to join Perpetual Private as head of strategic advice. Colin Lewis had led ipac's technical services team for the past 14 years and has over 20 years' experience ...

HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Hong Kong's funds management market climbed 10.5% during 2014 to reach a high of $2.8 trillion, revealed the HK Securities and Futures Commission. Despite the dramatic growth in the HK market, it is only slightly ahead of the Australian FUM market that ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... of job going in the financial services industry, which is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia and New Zealand. Mark Smith explains. Strangely enough, after 24 years in the financial services ...