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ASIC cancels two more AFSL licences

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a Parramatta insurance broker and of Banksia Mortgages. The Parramatta-based WD Gelle Insurance & Finance Brokers' licence ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China - the fourth month of below manufacturing PMI reading in April - and deflation threat in Europe. Take our money and run away in May? A Reuters' article published way back in 2011 ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
With the deadline now closed for submissions to the Financial System Inquiry, the first investigation into the sector in 16 years, Financial Standard investigates the big themes, the surprises and what has been missed amongst the more than 250 publicly ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) request to review the constitution of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) expert panel on super and awards has met with opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA). The FSC questioned the validity of the FWC expert ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Custodians have been offering their services to superannuation funds for free in a move to undercut the competition. Financial Standard understands that Citi, for example, provided an 18-month fee holiday to HOSTPLUS, whose business it won from J.P. ...

AMP fund downgraded following key staff departure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
AMP Capital Property Securities Fund in London has been downgraded by SQM Research, following the departure of AMP's deputy head of global listed real estate Tom Walker. SQM Research downgraded the AMP fund from a rating of 4.25 stars to 4.0 stars. ...

Accountants beat planners in consumer confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Accountants are a more trusted profession than financial advisers, with consumers giving them higher ethics and honesty ratings. The Roy Morgan annual 'Image of Professions' survey for 2014 revealed that only 28% of consumers believed financial advisers ...

PIS adds consultants amid Centrepoint capital raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has appointed two people to its business consulting team, following a Centrepoint announcement that it will raise capital to create more opportunities for the wealth management business. PIS appointed Darren Black ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
At a glance, Australia's homogenous 'banks-and-resources' share market does not look like the most promising alpha hunting ground. But according to some of Australia's leading boutique fund managers, appearances can be deceiving. James Fernyhough reports. ...