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The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Institutions Forum in London only last Tuesday. "Countless market and media antennae are trained on the sound of the central bank voice, trying to discern and amplify signals out of all the static around, even when the central bank has no new signal ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Risk advisers expressed concern that the industry-led risk reforms package ignores the problem of vertical integration and client-driven policy churn. Synchron director Don Trapnell told Financial Standard that the reform improved on the initial Trowbridge ...

Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Government will spend $33.3 million on services to facilitate authentication in digital financial transactions, including a voice biometric, Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher announced. This follows Treasurer Joe Hockey's comments during the ...

Vale Phil Spathis

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... O'Sullivan. He was the first staff member of ACSI and his determined work and leadership built the organisation in to a recognised voice on corporate governance in Australia and internationally, a statement from the industry body said. The board, membership ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... product types for less (just think of the how many consumer products the smartphone has replaced from cameras and film to voice recorders and alarm clocks, the total cost of the smartphone is significantly less than the aggregate costs of the individual ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... decisions," said Adviser Ratings campaign and communications director Christopher Zinn. "Our goal is to use our independent voice to re-engage consumers with financial advice and this will require speaking to them on their own terms."

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...

Revised legislation to ease foreign access to local managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The government's revised Investment Manager Regime (IMR) draft legislation contemplates removing tax impediments that traditionally have deterred foreign entities from using Australian fund managers. "The revised IMR legislation will provide foreign ...

ACSI chief executive to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... beneficiaries of long-term institutional investors." ACSI has begun a search for Hagart's replacement. "Gordon has been a strong voice on ACSI's behalf during his tenure," president Gerard Noonan said. "We will miss his professionalism, his intellectual ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Sustainability Advisory Committee, which consists of two investor representatives, and was established to provide investors with a voice on how the investment universe is formed and evolves over time. The current members include Uniting Financial Services ...