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ASIC could implement immediate suspension of advisers

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) could implement the immediate suspension of "bad-apple" advisers if it had powers to do it. ASIC senior leaders were asked about this issue during yesterday's public hearing of the Senate Economics ...

3D mutual fund launched in US

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
US mutual fund group Outlook Funds Trust has launched what it claims is the world's first retail fund focused on giving investors exposure to the 3D printing sector. "3D printing has evolved into a major industry," Alan M Meckler, the fund's senior ...

Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Super funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors must take an adaptable approach to governance if they are to keep up with the pace of change in the investment industry, according to Towers Watson global head of Investment Content ...

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Increased investment in infrastructure by superannuation funds would provide retirees with a much-needed "annuity-style" income stream, according to Westpac Group. In a submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure Inquiry, the bank ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
High frequency traders (HFTs) improve market fairness by reducing end-of-day price dislocation, new research from the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found. CMCRC examined data from 22 exchanges from around the world, from 2003-2011 ...

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The superannuation sector could benefit from having its own exclusive regulator, according to Challenger's director of retirement Income Jeremy Cooper. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Perth ...

Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... subdued. Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities was impacted by further impairments in the Metals and Energy Capital business (MEC), reflecting continued weak investor sentiment and confidence in resource equity markets," Moore said. Operating expenses ...

Australia's second SBB hits $10m target

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australia's second social benefit bond (SBB), issued by the Benevolent Society in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac, has closed after raising its target $10 million. The Benevolent Society SBB, which will help fund the ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Despite the recent shake out in emerging markets due to the rebounding USD, the stronger ones are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly ...

IPA joins Kaplan in support of ASIC adviser training stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013