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ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
ASIC has refused to confirm or deny whether research houses who gave five-star ratings or positive reports on fraud funds Trio Capital and Astarra are being investigated. But industry insiders say the corporate watchdog is conducting a high-level investigation ...

Ex-Macq fund manager gets jail for insider trading

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The NSW Supreme Court has sentenced a former Macquarie Bank fund manager to two-and-a-half years jail for insider trading. Oswyn Indra de Silva, 37, must serve at least 18 months for 12 illegal transactions he made while employed by Macquarie, ASIC ...

AXA deal frees AllianceBernstein to target retail

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... to serve retail clients in new ways. We had a partnership with AXA, when AXA funds were promoted with AllianceBernstein inside," said Bargholz. "In years to come we will seek to address that market either directly ourselves or in partnership with others." ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... they are simple to use and for the customer to understand. They have been modernised to [suit] any platform and to sit inside allocated pensions," said Cooper. In the year to June 2010, Challenger wrote $2.2 billion in annuity sales, split almost evenly ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Investors may love Wall Street more today than yesterday... but not as much as tomorrow. This was the conclusion you read on this space yesterday. And boy, investors surely loved much more today (yesterday's tomorrow). But lest I get accused on insider ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... hackers can use freely available tutorials on YouTube to gain entry to poorly secured databases via an "SQL injection". Once inside they could delete or tamper with records, or steal private information. "All data in the super industry is on SQL databases ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... client applications with no signatures required, real time 24/7 access to client information, flexibility for insurance inside and outside superannuation, interim sickness immediate cover and access to an in-house chief medical officer. Additionally ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... calming nerves in Africa and the Middle East. Have you noticed that reports about Egypt have now been relegated to the inside pages and takes just a few seconds of TV and radio coverage? It won't be long now until the bears' "bunga bunga" ends... if ...

Trustees told to rethink ins cover strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... linked policies," Shirlow said, which he said will create an optimal tax outcome on the premiums. The cover is split, held inside super and with the balance held outside of super. "The ATO's ruling on the product is final and confirms that premium expenses ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
Market surveillance technology company, the SMARTS Group, and investment technology supplier, the Milestone Group, will be featuring in a technology forum that aims to showcase Australia's leading financial services technology providers. The Financial ...