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AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... been managing currency hedging for the super fund's $1.6 billion international equities portfolio for the past seven years via a passive overlay program. The new Dynamic Strategic Hedging (DSH) strategy would help AUSCOAL Super further diversify its ...

Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos announced plans to implement the FoFA reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation. Sinodinos said that these changes had been clearly sign posted in late 2013. However Ripoll disputed the government's ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
BT Financial Group will pitch its MySuper product to at least 30,000 employers via Westpac's business bank should the government proceed with its plan to take superannuation out of modern awards. Vicki Doyle, head of corporate and retail super at BT ...

Sinodinos holds strong on FoFA regs despite legal concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos remained resolute about his plan to introduce the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) via regulations "to the extent legally possible," despite some industry opposition. Sinodinos said that the aim of pushing ...

Lawyer questions legality of FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... Advice (FoFA) reforms could be deemed legally "invalid" and "susceptible to challenge in the courts" if they are pushed through via regulatory change rather than legislation, law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler has said. The legal advice was sought out by ...

DomaCom added to Lonsec platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... online choosing their exposures in accordance with their asset allocation for the sector. Applications will only be accepted via a properly licensed and accredited financial adviser. DomaCom will also offer a liquidity facility enabling investors to ...

Bowen's FoFA fears "complete rubbish": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... financial advisers because if you have a broad APL you can't have a discussion with your client and end up with a recommendation via providing general advice." "Licensees would not support it and it would not be possible to do it; but if you have only ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
You, I and Irene can bury our collective heads in the sand but we can't escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into ...

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The service will allow registered simple managed investment schemes to sell units via the ASX and not used paper-based transactions. Individual investors or their advisers will be able to buy units in the ...

ASIC sets its sights on hybrid securities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a new hybrid securities education guide aimed at retail investors. Published on the regulator's MoneySmart website, the guide is intended to help investors understand the risks ...