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ASIC updates MIS guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revised its guidance for operators of registered managed investment schemes (MIS). MIS industry has until October 1, 2013 to comply with the new requirements. The updated policy guidance provides clarity ...

Planning firms mispriced on knowledge blacks spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
A lack of knowledge among vendors is leading to disparities in the prices being paid for planning practices and client books, according to Chris Wrightson, director of specialist business adviser and broking firm Centurian Market Makers. According to ...

Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The federal government has scrapped proposed amendments to the Taxation and Superannuation Laws (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013 banning self-managed super funds (SMSF) from carrying out off-market transfers of listed securities. Under the proposal ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The imminent end of the bond bull-market means now is the time for investors to consider absolute return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed ...

ACR files claim against The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
A debenture holder of Australian Capital Reserve (ACR) filed a legal claim in the Federal Court of Australia against The Trust Company (Nominees), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Trust Company. ACR entered on voluntary administration on May 27, 2007 ...

VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Venture capital accounts for only a tiny portion of Australia's investment market but contributes well above its weight to the economy, according to a report just released by the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The report ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Nothing beats a three-day long weekend break to put things back into perspective it seems. Wall Streeters returned from the "Memorial Day" holiday with a bounce in their steps sending America's benchmark indices on a rebound. The Dow closed 0.7% up ...

Direct insurance not a competitor of retail: Zurich

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Direct insurance is offering a different product than advised insurance and is not competing directly for its market share, according to Zurich Life head of Marketing Richard Dunkerley. "The statement that direct insurance is cheaper than retail insurance ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Chicago-based asset manager William Blair's head of dynamic allocation strategies Brian Singer has been in Australia promoting the firm's Macro Allocation Fund to institutional investors. The strategy is centred on the investment philosophy of 'game ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
"Bye, bye miss American pie..." and pastries from Japan and China. Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were ...