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IOOF behind HUB24 buyout offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... a proposal to acquire all of the shares of HUB24. Both companies confirmed the move in statements to the Australian Securities Exchange and HUB24 placed its shares in a trading halt on Tuesday, as it revealed that the company behind the indicative, non-binding ...

FPA helps advisers with life insurance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Practice to life-risk advice." FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall, said the guide incorporated elements of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Life Insurance Advice Checklist and positioned this as best practice principles that ...

ASIC funding model needs "meat on the bones"

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... The organisation said that the government's consultation paper 'Proposed Industry Funding Model for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission' lacks detail about how the model would work, how it will benefit the industry and analysis of possible ...

Australian custody market grows to $2.8 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... the association's members were looking after assets worth around 176% more than the market value of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Knights said the core purpose of ACSA - and indeed custodians - is to safeguard assets. "Growth in unlisted ...

CBA publicly welcomes former staff bans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
The Commonwealth Bank has publicly welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) decision to ban former CFPL financial planners, Sharnie Kent and Stuart Jamieson. In a press release issued by the bank it said it reported concerns ...

AMP advice adds Van Eck ETFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... institutions and intermediaries Matthew McKinnon. "For example, MVW, which currently equally weights 71 Australian securities avoids stock concentration in the Australian market." McKinnon added, "There has been increasing demand from financial advisers ...

ANZ ETFS listed on HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
ANZ ETFS funds have been listed on the HUB24 super menu three months after they listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The joint venture between Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and ETF Securities is the first entry by a big ...

No industry is immune from poor culture risk: ASIC

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... currently no sectors in the financial services industry immune from the risk of cultivating a poor culture, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price said. Speaking at the 2015 Customer Owned Banking Convention ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... advertising campaign," Slattery said. The calls come on the back of a warning to superannuation trustees A by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Commissioner Peter Kell said occasionally the promotion of member-direct or self-managed ...

Key executives depart ANZ ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... in setting up the joint venture and ensuring the first suite of products was successfully launched on the Australian Securities Exchange," ANZ ETFs said in a statement. Laidler and Smith will depart at the end of September and will be replaced by Kris ...