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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Standard, we look at the pros and cons of setting up your own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). We also investigate the calls from some sectors of the industry to take superannuation out of the modern awards system and in our profile interview ...

Ausbil appoints external auditor to investigate fund fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Ausbil Dexia has sought the assistance of an external auditor to investigate technical problems around the fee structure of its Emerging Leaders Fund. Ausbil director of distribution Adam Lancaster confirmed to Financial Standard that the company has ...

Advice riskiest ASIC sector

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said that in his own view, the regulator still regards financial advice "as the riskiest sector" ASIC regulates. Medcraft appeared this morning at a public hearing of ...

CFSGAM wins VicSuper infra mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
Super fund VicSuper has awarded a mandate worth $100 million to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) to manage its new listed infrastructure portfolio. This represents the $12 billion super fund's first foray into listed infrastructure ...

QMV to release APRA reporting standards solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... executive Brad Goodall has said. The release of this new solution will follow the launch of QMV's data management product 'Investigate' in July this year. 'Investigate' was the firm's first foray into software development after several years focusing ...

Planners lax on capital protected product advice: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... approximately 50% of the files it examined showed insufficient evidence that advisers had met their obligations to investigate clients' relevant circumstances. The regulator said that advisers had been "narrowing the scope of advice to a single structured ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Industry fund LUCRF Super will investigate the level of its exposure to 'carbon risks' as part of a move to prepare for the potential investment risks of climate change. The decision is part of a wider policy that saw the $3.8 billion fund recently ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... for Asia Pacific Olivia Engel about her move from the Canberra suburbs to Sydney's frenetic finance world. We also investigate why industry and corporate funds have not kept the pace. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial ...

Internet chosen ahead of professionals for advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013

ASIC didn't take my claims seriously: whistleblower

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... actually meant. I was shocked at their lack of knowledge." Gold also doubted that the regulator lacks resources to investigate cases. "If ASIC had of contacted the perpetrators and requested information they would have at least worried them," he said. ...