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Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
"Facebook and BenO are now friends." This is what my 'friends' and 'friends of friends' would see on my Facebook status from this day onwards. For how could you not 'like' something that increases your wealth by as much as 31.6% in one single day? Facebook ...

BNP Paribas launches Strong Super reporting solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a solution to the reporting standards and portfolio holdings look-through requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms. The solution will be provided by leveraging BNP Paribas' ...

AFA to release code of conduct this year

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will release a finalised code of conduct by the end of this year, the organisation revealed today. The AFA already released a draft code of conduct in July 2012 and has been waiting for the Australian Securities ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
It's another trading day for the record books on Wall Street. And this despite last night's weak reports - existing home sales fell by 1.2% to a less than expected 5.1 million annualised rate in June and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index remained ...

Grandfathering uncertainty already affecting businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Dealer groups are already feeling the consequences of the uncertainty around the grandfathering provisions within the new Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations with planners hesitant to change licensees until the legislation is clearer. Synchron ...

EQT extends offer period for The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) have extended the period of their offer to acquire The Trust Company by more than one month. In a letter sent to The Trust Company shareholders, EQT said that the offer will now close on September 30. EQT also confirmed that meetings ...

FPA outlines concerns on TASA submission to Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
More clarification over the definition of 'tax advice' and requirements for training is needed in the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 the Financial Planning Association (FPA ) said in a submission to Treasury. FPA argued that "there ...

Former Deutsche exec launches investment firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The former head of equity derivatives and trading at Deutsche Bank Sydney, Peter Kennedy, has launched a new investment firm, Kennedy Investments. Kennedy Investment is based on a "cyclical" approach to investing, and will be open to individual investors ...

Giant firms hold sway in infrastructure investment industry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The top 10 infrastructure fund managers by capital raised in the last 10 years accounted for 45% of the total raised by closed-ended infrastructure funds in the last decade, according to alternatives researcher Preqin. In its July edition of Infrastructure ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
It doesn't get any clearer than this! It's crystal! No more communications breakdown. No more failure to communicate. Big Ben Bernanke has delivered! While it's mostly a reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us ...