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Super board changes could cost funds $20m a year

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015

... hands of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "These changes place the regulator in the role of being a law maker and a judge as well as jury," he added. "This is a serious breach of the rule of the law and gives APRA far greater powers ...

SMSF Association launches accreditation

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015

The SMSF Association has launched an accreditation program for financial services workers willing to know the basics of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The SMSF Practitioner (SSP) program is a practical, foundation-based SMSF designation aimed at ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented key risk/life insurance advice reforms that were inspired by similar policies in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said these countries' ...

Class makes final director appointment

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015

... before an acquisition by IOOF in 2014. Previously he was chief executive at Tynan Mackenzie and before that he had a career in law and banking. "Fenning has been an outstanding financial services executive, with an impressive history of building high ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015

As a former project manager, David Braga has seen it all. He's worked on almost every type 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 ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015

Asian hedge fund manager LIM Advisors called for shareholder action to force AMP Capital to take steps to narrow the 26% discount on its China Growth Fund. LIM Advisors said it will call an extraordinary general meeting to take the matter to unitholders ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015

A recent decision by the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ruled that an American Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is not a superannuation fund for Australian Tax Purposes. In the case of Baker and Commissioner of Taxation, tribunal ...

Legalsuper appoints SA client service manager

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015

... "Legalsuper is pleased to already support the South Australian legal community as a sponsor of the CPD Conference Series of the Law Society of South Australia and national corporate partner of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA)." ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015

It's a deal! Well, er, not quite. He huffed and he puffed and he beat his chest. In the end, Greek PM Tsipras got his cake... on his face! Tsipras urged the Greeks to do what he say -- vote "Oxi" to the reforms for bail out conditions proposed by its ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015

... financial industry market concentration has actually intensified. Senator Warren, who prior to running for office was a Harvard Law School professor specialising in bankruptcy law, has recently taken aim at the Securities Exchanges Commission (SEC) ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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