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HUB24 posts record inflows in the September quarter

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... services were completed and a Zurich insurance option has been added to the platform. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), HUB24 said that that the company has begun a round of meetings with Paragem practices, following the acquisition ...

BNP Paribas custody MD resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
BNP Paribas Securities Services managing director Peter Baker has resigned and will leave the company on Friday. Baker, who had spent 10 months in the role, informed the executive team of his decision to leave the firm this week. Financial Standard ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... equities account for 8% of the Future Fund's asset allocation, international equities 34%, listed property 6%, debt securities 11%, cash 10% with other alternative and non-mainstream assets accounting for the remaining 31%. The high international equities ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... commissions into its policy platform in response to last week's damning report on life risk advice from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns, shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox raised concerns over the methodology of Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) report on life insurance advice that was released last week. He told the media that there were questions over the methology ...

SSgA launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched the SPDR S&P 500 ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). SPDR S&P 500 ETF (ASX: SPY) aims to provide investment results corresponding to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index. ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... targets are more likely to use complex strategies such as leverage and shorting and will tend to hold more illiquid securities. There are also subtle differences in the benchmarks the funds measure their performance by. This means that investors need ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... from his or her adviser. The third commitment in this list of nine commitments was 'No hidden fees'. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last week published a report that expressed concern that some risk advisers were not adequately ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Market Vectors ETFs is set to launch a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... about the association's policy agenda. In addition to FoFA, TASA and the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest report on insurance advice has put the spotlight on life risk. Fox said that the ...