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CFSGAM makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has made four new hires to the listed property securities team following Stephen Hayes rejoining the firm as head of property securities in September. Tuan Pham, is re-joining the firm as a senior ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Move on people, nothing to see here, just more of the same - a continuation of the flow of eco stats and surveys and developments that are surprising on the upside. It's still early days to go gangnam (hey, sexey leydey) but we may be witnessing the ...

APRA releases MySuper transition guidance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
The prudential regulator announced today that it has released for public consultation its draft guidance for the transfer of funds under the MySuper legislation. The guidance is intended to assist registerable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees to ...

Overseas investors' demand replacement of LM as RE

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Unitholders in a group of mortgage funds - plus a significant number of overseas investors - want to replace the Gold Coast-based LM Investment Management (LM) with Trilogy Funds Management Limited (Trilogy) as the Responsible Entity (RE). LM is the ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Was it good? Or was it bad? I refer, of course, to that mother of all eco stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - the one that'll guide financial market activity, if not through the end of this year or longer, at least until next month. It was good. ...

New exec chairman: Nomura Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Asian investment bank Nomura has a new executive chairman for its Australian operations, with the appointment of Peter Meurer last week. Meurer joined Nomura in November 2009 as chairman of investment banking, Australia, prior to which he was vice chairman ...

ASIC releases proposed conflicted remuneration guidelines

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
ASIC has released proposed guidance on the conflicted remuneration ban, as part of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. The ban on conflicted remuneration includes commissions and volume-based payments in relation to advice about retail investment ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Take one central banker's lack of faith at the recent action of the institution he serves, add rumours that a region threatens to secede from a country in a region that's desperately trying to stay as one, and what do we get? We get a problem Houston. ...

ASIC bans two advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
ASIC has banned two advisers from providing financial services following breaches including unlawful early release of superannuation benefits. Simon Turudia, formerly an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning was found to have arranged ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
You just gotta love the financial markets -- they don't run out of things to speculate about. With QE speculation over, the guessing game has shifted to whether or not QEs will work to bring back animal spirits and lead to a longer lasting and durable ...