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Senate recommends immediate adviser bans following "bitter harvest"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
The Senate Economics References Committee has recommended legislative amendments which would allow ASIC to immediately suspend a financial adviser if "egregious misconduct" is suspected. Released today, the committee's report on the agribusiness managed ...

NAS appoints data partner

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... has appointed Thomson Reuters as its preferred data partner to deliver market information, exchange-traded pricing and reference services. Through Thomson Reuters' DataScope Select and Eikon financial analysis desktop, Australia's largest custodian will ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... submission has come from Women on Boards chair Ruth Medd, who has challenged the review's existence. Medd said the terms of reference of this review are broadly a review of governance arrangements in respect of not-for-profit superannuation funds based ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams has amended the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry's terms of reference to look at several aspects of the life insurance industry, including: The need for further reform and improved oversight ...

Women on boards tracking well: AMP Capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... recognise the challenge of setting pay, particularly when a new CEO begins. We encourage companies to set executive pay with reference to the value the executives provide rather than simply allowing past payments or global benchmarking studies to determine ...

Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer has insisted the proposed governance reforms for superannuation funds are not targeting the not-for-profit sector in a speech where she cited the privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

PIMCO launches new digital platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... they are and serves up relevant content which they can save and access in their own 'My Content' section for future reference. "In an evolving market investors are increasingly looking for relevant, timely and smart information to help them reach their ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... penalty regime in ASIC is like being hit by a lettuce leaf." Australian policy makers are looking at the US system for reference: "The United States, for instance, has double the potential jail-term available as compared to Australia in cases of fraud ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... relative to broader equity markets, since its inception." Since inception in December 2012, the fund has outperformed its reference benchmark by 18.6% per annum. At the same time it has achieved considerably less volatility (9.7%) when compared to broader ...