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Advisers Register hits 22k

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... advisers to its list, now providing consumers with an ability to search more than 22,000 in the industry. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chair, Peter Kell, recently indicated that next month consumers will also be able ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... the Trowbridge Review on Retail Life Insurance Advice was designed as an independent review following the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Review of retail life insurance advice (or ASIC REP 413) issued in October 2014. For industry ...

Report confirms failed CBA compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Project Hartnett, which the bank put in place in 2008, and at the Compensation Program that started under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) enforceable undertaking to Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom ...

Industry should help fund ASIC: ANZ

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
ANZ top executives supported the idea that the financial services industry should help fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) so it can "fully police industry behaviour." ANZ deputy chief executive officer Graham Hodges told ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares listed a hedge fund to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund will invest its assets into cash and sell equity index futures contracts (ASX ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... intervention or regulation and blaming all issues on the advice channel, the company said. In light of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) report and the Trowbridge report on risk advice, company executives Michael Harrison and ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... cases of misconduct by CBA advisers and he tabled the motion for an inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in mid-2013. "We need to know if banks have any evidence of criminal activity, fraud or forgery ...

ANZ sets up $30m compensation program for advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... that clients have been able to schedule annual reviews since then. ANZ said it reported the issue to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and set up a remediation program with PwC and law firm Clayton Utz as external consultants. ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... of institutions and intermediaries Matthew McKinnon. "For example MVW, which currently equally weights 73 Australian securities avoids stock concentration in the Australian market." He added, "Financial advisers are increasingly turning to ETFs based ...

Rebalancing almost leads to accidental takeover bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... for BlackRock accidentally purchasing more than 20% of Monadelphous Group recently. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on March 25, BlackRock said a change in interests held by the company resulted in an increase of its voting power ...