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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... September share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 4,220. In economic news on Monday, the Housing Industry Association is due to release new home sales for June. In equities news, Telstra chief executive David Thodey is scheduled to address ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... industry are slipping through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national road show in Sydney yesterday, Nick Coates, senior manager at the Australian Securities ...

OneVue names chief executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... chief executive. Mckeage said Frost will oversee the platforms OneVue are launching for the Australian SMSF Members Association, MAP Financial Services and the Australian Medical Association. "He will also play a big role in delivering other opportunities ...

Gen Y leans away from SMSF cash holdings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... That's one of the findings of The SMSF Generations Report released today by Macquarie Bank and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The report finds significant differences in attitudes between various generations of SMSF members ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... together." The actual implementation can then be handled externally, he said. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) recently said that it would be working with local super funds on scenario analyses for moving more funds to suitable ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Alternative Investment Management Association will be working with local super funds on scenario analyses for moving more funds to suitable Australian alternative managers. Recent data from administrator GlobeOp showed that in June hedge funds globally ...

MDS Financial CEO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Financial. Wayne Johnson, MDS Financial Group deputy chairman, said that while Isbister had resigned, he would continue his association with the group, and would "Remain interested in developments of the group, its staff and stakeholders." As a result ...

Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... submission to the StrongerSuper legislation, said Margaret Stewart, general manager policy and industry practice, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). "We strongly believe the industry should able to self regulate and it's one ...

AFA releases draft code of conduct

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has released a member consultation paper outlining their draft professional adviser code of conduct. The draft was released with a view to it being finalised before the Australian Securities & Investments Commission ...

ASIC eyes off UL property

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... property sector and could be found in any area of financial services, said Sean Robertson, chair of the Property Funds Association's policy & regulatory committee. "I think there is a lack of understanding in regards to how long it [unlisted property] ...