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FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... is underway. However, former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos had planned simultaneously to push through the amendments via regulation. Had he pursued this course, the amendments would have become law immediately, in time for 1 July when certain ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... miners," Lonsec said. "The Fund offers a simple and easy means of gaining a diversified exposure to the Australian share market via a single transaction. The Fund tracks the Market Vectors Australia Equal Weight Index, which provides greater diversification ...

Dealer group Infocus buys MLC shares, becomes independent

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... around $3.2 billion in funds under advice and $48 million in risk premiums under advice. Infocus also manages $285 million via funds management subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers. The dealer group grew out of a Sunshine Coast-based financial advisory bus ...

Consumers join FoFA debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... "every reason for consumers to be alarmed" by the proposed amendments, and criticised the government for pushing them through via regulation rather than legislating immediately. Zinn said 100 consumers had signed up to the campaign today.

AXA IM to expand outside of Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... AXA IM for a few years now and many Australian investors have benefitted from his tremendous experience and global knowledge via his regular trips," AXA IM director for Australia and New Zealand Craig Hurt said. "While continuing to leverage our leading ...

FEATURE: Insuring against longevity risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... of the superannuation guarantee in 1992, which made it mandatory for every working Australian tomake regular contributions (via their employer) to a retirement fund. But while this fiercely contested reform went a long way to cracking the problem of ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
AIA Australia has launched a fitness program that will be sold to clients who purchase an insurance policy via financial advisers. The AIA Vitality program was launched in Sydney this morning at the Incentivising a Healthier Australia national forum. ...

Rubik Financial appoints CEO

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Financial software provider Rubik Financial has appointed Niek Hoogenhout as Australia and New Zealand chief executive. He will commence his new role on February 27th of this year. Hoogenhout has over 15 years' experience in the financial services industry. ...

FoFA changes could start before May: Sinodinos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics whether the government would pass the FoFA amendments through regulation or via legislation. "Where it is legal, we will do it through regulation, and then we'll take it through legislation in the Parliament ...

Treasury looks at further FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Treasury is considering confidential proposals to reverse rules that ban conflicted remuneration arrangements for corporate super specialist advisers, according to Douglas Latto, president of the Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA). Traditionally ...