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Federal Court reduces Wealthsure compensation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Federal Court has reduced the compensation amount that Wealthsure will need to pay to two of its former clients. The court determined that Wealthsure, financial adviser David Bertram and its directors are "concurrent wrongdoers in relation to the ...

AMP reduces North Guarantee fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
AMP has reduced the cost of the North Guarantee, allowing investors to shore up investment gains at a lower price. The announcement comes after superannuation fees came under scrutiny in a report by the Grattan Institute, which found Australians were ...

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... international equities Stanley Yeo said. "This approach helps to avoid concentration risks that are prevalent in such indices, and reduces security overlap in IOOF's multi-manager portfolio to generate greater value for its active fee budget." Yeo also ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... to $389 billion. And that is after we prudently budget for future taxation relief. This significant reduction in debt reduces our interest bill by around $16 billion a year in ten years' time. That's more than the amount of money needed to construct ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand Peter Baker said. "As Treasurer Hockey said; this move reduces the burden on Australian investors and minimises costs by simplifying due diligence requirements." Baker also noted that ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... commitment to ensure that our portfolios are robust, we believe that a managed volatility approach to emerging markets reduces risk without sacrificing the benefits and long-term gains we expect from this asset class," SSFS chief investment officer Damian ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... illegal. If trading provides liquidity to the market, HFT provides higher liquidity. It aides for better price discovery, it reduces bid-ask spreads and, according to a piece on the New York Times... "...if you're a trader who spends every day making ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... principle of FoFA, however we believe the current law poses unnecessary burdens on regulatory burdens on industry and reduces that availability of advice, and increases the costs that consumers face." Ciobo expressed commitment to every aspect of the ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... rushing to debate the bills, the government should bring together key stakeholders to find a sustainable outcome that reduces compliance costs without compromising key consumer protections. Such an outcome is achievable if common sense prevails," he ...

PC examines Weaven's 'inverted bid' infra model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... risk of the project in the form of a guaranteed internal rate of return (IRR). "Providing a guaranteed rate of return reduces long-term equity's incentive to perform efficiently, as long-term equity will have less 'skin in the game' and may even lead ...