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ASIC eyes fee for service funding model

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider changing the regulator's funding model to one partly based on fee for service. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, ASIC proposed to charge ...

AstuteWheel launch estate planning tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
AstuteWheel have launched an estate planning tool that helps advisers gather their clients' information before they meet with the solicitor. "Usually clients don't know where to start when it comes to estate planning and unless the adviser knows how ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Only 2 economists out of the 57 in Bloomberg's survey and just 2 - perhaps the same 2 - out of 72 economist polled by Reuters got it wrong. Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Independent global index provider Bloomberg Indexes has acquired a family of well-known Australian indices from UBS. Under the transaction, Bloomberg will acquire all UBS Australia bond indexes, including the benchmark UBS Composite Bond Index. The ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and securities regulators have opened up an examination into whether high frequency trading (HFT) firms are involved in insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Two of the major superannuation industry bodies have used their submissions to the Financial System Inquiry to call for tighter regulation of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector. Both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian ...

Margin lending through advisers shrank in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Margin lending loans sold through financial advisers shrank in 2013 by 7%, while the broker channel is poised for growth over the next 12 months. The Investment Trends December 2013 Margin Lending Broker Report found that the margin lending industry ...

Allianz launches cyber risk insurance product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched a cyber risk insurance product to counter the growing threat to security faced by Australian businesses. Allianz Cyber Protect has been launched to the Australian market to enable businesses to ...

Capital Fund Management launches half-price hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
French alternatives manager Capital Fund Management (CFM) has launched a new product aimed at institutional investors with half the fees typically offered by hedge funds. The Institutional Systematic Diversified (ISD) Fund blends three quantitative ...