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ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has cleared the most significant hurdle on the road to its 'mFund Settlement Service' - the third incarnation of AQUA II - after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) gave it the go-ahead. However ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... cent) to 1,775.50, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gave up 5.41 (0.14 per cent) at 3,998.40. Thursday marked the third straight day of losses after strong gains throughout the year. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slid, shaken by data ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... banking stocks. A dip on US markets saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the the broad-based S&P 500 both shed about a third of a per cent which is flowing through to the local market, Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "We always ...

Developed economies to outshine emerging world in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... report. Furthermore, Japanese prime minster Shinz? Abe's radical economic reforms are also aimed at increasing the world's third largest economies competitiveness. Abe has targeted a weaker yen which will make Japanese goods more affordable to other ...

Hedge fund growth plans hampered by lack of demand

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Two thirds of hedge fund managers have made growing their businesses a top strategic priority but a lack of demand from investors could be a major roadblock, according to a recent global EY survey. "In the current environment, fund managers are investing ...

China's still going but will it go slow-er?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... that while the ATO regulates aspects of the SMSF sector, the $1.6 trillion superannuation sector - of which more than a third is in SMSFs - may need to be regulated as a whole. "You need to have a body that looks at the total systemic risk of the system," ...

Advisers risk losing clients, fail to target new ones

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... contrary to general perceptions, advice seekers are likely to be female, baby boomers and from less wealthy segments. About a third of advised Australians are in danger of leaving their current adviser, CoreData Keys to Growth Report indicates. The study ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... clear and effective compensations provision" and to extend whistleblower protections to those who take their disclosure to third parties or the media. "This is a major gap. Extension of protections to these circumstances is now widely regarded as necessary ...

Consumers find super 'mind-boggling', survey shows

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... get better educated on the best way forward with my super. I have to put so much faith in it and have little control." A third complained: "Super is such an important part of planning for my future however, I feel I know almost nothing about it." Mistrust ...