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Aurora appoints portfolio manager from Philo

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Capital, Dive was head of basic materials at Citigroup investment research. He holds bachelor degrees in both Economics and Law from Sydney University, Canadian Securities Course and is a CFA charter holder. Aurora manages funds of approximately $150 ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... hasn't changed that much. It's just that insurers are a lot more risk-averse now." Managing director of financial services law firm The Fold, Claire Wivell Plater, agreed, adding that the onus is on planners to demonstrate to insurers that they are worth ...

Legalsuper finds savings in manager reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Industry super fund legalsuper has replaced a number of high profile fund managers in its investment manager line-up. Perennial (cash and enhanced cash), Colonial First State (global credit), Integrity (Australian equities), Platinum (overseas equities) ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... and competition, and corporate governance. "We have a strong regulatory framework that will enforce and give effect to the law if we find issues regarding confidential information or manipulative trading in any market that affects Australia's well-be ...

ASIC bans incompetent adviser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... adviser Atish Prasa, from Westmead, was not adequately trained or competent to provide a financial service. He also broke the law. Between June and December 2013, ASIC found Prasad failed to maintain adequate records, and did not provide adequate statements ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia in November 2014, he sparked such enthusiasm among politicians and citizens that for a few days all we could see in the media was his friendly, bearded smile. Indian citizens in Australia were ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... - had a "statistically significant bearing on the likelihood of their client receiving advice that did not comply with the law." ASIC noted its intention to "actively [work] with the advice industry to lift the standard of life insurance advice". The ...

PROFILE: Findex chief executive Spiro Paule

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
You do not go from running a team of six to 3,000 and become Australia's largest financial advice company in the space of 15 years without a solid business strategy. Yet for Findex chief executive Spiro Paule, a self-confessed entrepreneur, the strategy ...

New law to add clarity to business sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... originally announced in 2010, would proceed as part of the tax measure process. The proposed legislation would amend the income tax law to change the capital gains tax (CGT) treatment of the sale and purchases of businesses involving certain earnout ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... and merge "less efficient" funds with "more efficient" ones. But the regulatory hurdle is that due to the nature of trustee law APRA can not force funds to merge. Nevertheless it already has an operating guideline that if funds are presented with merger ...