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Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... best interests of your client, your patient, your customer into account," he said. The Prime Minister said regulatory add-ons to define these obligations are "a classic case of regulatory overkill". Abbott's comments follow on from SPAA patron and former ...

Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
New research released by the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) reveals that the standard 4% retirement income drawdown may be too high and inadvertently result in retirement funds running out too quickly. The research is detailed in ...

Kapstream Capital picks up ex-T. Rowe Price head of client relations

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Global fixed income investment manager Kapstream Capital has picked a new investor relations manager from T. Rowe Price. James Bloom had served as the T. Rowe Price head of client and consultant relations in Sydney for three years and will now manage ...

Sunsuper acquires holiday park chain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Queensland-based industry fund Sunsuper has acquired a 98% stake in nationwide holiday park chain Discovery Holiday Parks. Under the arrangement, the $26 billion super fund, which already held shares in the company, acquired a "significant majority ...

Centuria appoints facilities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
Centuria Property Funds has appointed Grant McFarlane as its new senior facilities manager. McFarlane will be responsible for overseeing facilities and operational matters at 8 Central Avenue at Australian Technology Park, in which Centuria recently ...

Australia's largest banks join ASX OTC clearing service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Eight Australian domestic and international banks have now joined the ASX OTC Interest Rate Derivatives Clearing Service as clearing participants and have started clearing trades on the platform. The ASX OTC Derivatives Clearing Service provides users ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Dull and boring or excitements galore. This is how I see this week's financial market activity Virginia - the week when major central banks dominate. We'll be given an intimate look at the debates and discussions on monetary policy at the US Federal ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... jobless rate could hit the BOE's trigger level as early as next year. Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that claimant count unemployment decreased by a greater-than-expected 41,700 in September - the biggest monthly drop ...

Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... handful have rolled theirs out to members. MySuper is designed to offer protect consumers from paying for superannuation add-ons that they do not need or want. To coincide with the launch, the one million member super fund has published a new survey ...

Boutiques squeezed out by increasing compliance costs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
Industry consolidation arising from increased regulatory compliance cost is leading to an institutionalisation of the investment landscape and eroding the competitive advantage of boutique investment management firms, according to a new report published ...