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Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... exposure to listed companies in the Asia region, ex Japan. Platinum has already lodged the prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is aiming to raise up to $500 million before the acceptance of any oversubscriptions. ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... committee that includes representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), SMSF Association ...

Minimum $200k SMSF balance "completely incorrect"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
A superannuation lawyer has slammed the recommendation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) should hold a minimum balance of $200,000. Townsends Law special counsel on superannuation Michael ...

Macquarie pays $11m advice compensation so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... from clients, 62 of which (7.4%) were eligible for a total of $5.4 million compensation. A year ago, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) forced the group to establish a compensation process for clients who were victims of bad ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Geoff Wilson said. The Future Generation Investment Fund (FGX) is a $200 million fund of funds listed in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in which managers provide their services for free and 1% of the fund's assets are given to charities supporting ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... investment in residential real estate has jumped 60% in the last four years, according to figures from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Home Ownership, the primary financial ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Queensland company director from providing financial services for two years after failing to ensure the company complied as a Responsible Entity under the Corporations Act. Between ...

ASIC bans Provident Capital director

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... of failed company Provident Capital has been banned from providing financial services for two years. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that John Patrick Sweeney failed to comply with financial services laws. Sweeney was ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... returns in 2014, but the overall sector delivered 10% less than the previous year. This is according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 2014 hedge funds survey, which examined 27 hedge fund managers based in Australia with ...

VicSuper hires alternative investment specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... previously worked at Milliman as a financial risk consultant and before that in equity derivatives at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "The need to enhance our risk management capability, including more stress testing of risk scenarios, is a ...