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ASIC takes action against Storm adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
A Storm financial planner has been slapped with an enforceable undertaking by the corporate watch dog after concerns about his advice to clients. Terence Webb's customers may have been advised to only put their money in the one investment strategy recommended ...

CCH to handle First Super compliance admin

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... super fund's reports to adhere to the highest standards of accuracy, all of the time. First Super will be using CCH's corporate reporting platform CCH Integrator to automate the compliance data collection and filing burden in a bid to cut costs and relieve ...

CSSA calls out default fund selection

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Major superannuation funds may be forced to close thanks to the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012, said Douglas Latto, Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) president. The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) has made a submission to the Standing ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
TAL has appointed Brad Clarke as its new general manager of corporate strategy and M&A. In the newly created role, Clarke will be working alongside the life insurance giant's managing director Jim Minto. He joins TAL from Oliver Wyman, where he advised ...

PwC partner banned from auditing

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... PricewaterhouseCoopers has been banned from auditing until 2015, said the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). The corporate watch dog accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Centro auditor Stephen Cougle, who was responsible ...

Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Congress in March," Ning said. This is when the new government will be officially formed. "Even so, the economic and corporate situation in China seems to be improving. As such we are expecting to see corporate earnings upgrades as we go into 2013," ...

Two boutiques merge to target SMEs

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... model that could deliver a greater number of services to their collective client base, streamlined benefits for their corporate partners, and increased professional development opportunities for their employees. The partnership will see an increased ...

Sometimes, directors just need to say 'no'

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... AvSuper for around 20 year, before being appointed as the independent chairman of Telstra Super - the nation's largest corporate super fund in 2010. The path that led to him overseeing superannuation is a tale from a bygone era, and funds have stringent ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... assets perceived as having higher risks than the so-called safe havens of US, German and Japanese sovereign debt, such as corporate and emerging-market credits, continue to be attractive. The relative valuations of perceived safe-haven bonds still appear ...

New funds on Emerald Wrap

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Advisers, it said in a statement. "We find that most managers now understand the need to consider Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance factors in their portfolio construction process," said Justin Medcalf, Managing Director of The Emerald C ...