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US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... and possibly lead to increase funding costs. Andrew Baker, chief executive of the Alternative Investment Management Association told eFinancial News that "It could not only reduce liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets, but also increase government ...

Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Self-managed super fund administration heavyweight Multiport has hit $2 billion in funds under administration but for such a large administration group to be so small relative to the SMSF market shows how fragmented the SMSF marketplace remains. The ...

ASIC appoints two new commissioners

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... chair of the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission for three years, as well as chief executive of consumers' association CHOICE. Greg Tanzer has been secretary general of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions since 2007 and ...

AMP University Challenge winner named

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... business student from La Trobe University, its 2011 winner. Created by AMP and supported by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Planning Academic Forum, the competition is designed to raise the profile of financial planning among universities ...

FSS security breach strikes industry chord

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... of the dangers and the attraction of the super industry to potential hackers. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) told Financial Standard that as super funds move into the digital age, these kinds ...

ASFA warns against using super to buy homes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned against making any changes to the superannuation system to help young people get a foot on the property ladder. It follows recent calls from head of Lateral Economics, Nicholas Gruen, to ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
CHOICE chair and AUSfin member, Jenni Mack, has responded to financial planning association remarks about the parliamentary FOFA Bill on Friday and said they were aware of the disclosure provision and should instead move on as the rest of the industry ...

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... of a retrospective disclosure statement, which will require fee disclosure statements for all existing clients. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has expressed concern for small advice businesses, citing Rice Warner Research in the Explanatory ...

Statewide and Local enter merger due diligence

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... merger to create a $4 billion fund was approved by shareholders including Business SA, SA Unions, the Local Government Association, Australian Services Union and the Australian Workers Union. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Russell Investments will ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011