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CSSA calls on Treasury for MySuper clarity

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
The Corporate Super Specialists Alliance calls on Treasury to provide greater clarity and details on grandfathering provisions that will apply to the MySuper legislation, or move the implementation date to 2014. To date, Treasury has not released any ...

Mariners bid underdone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Mariner Corporation was this morning considering an appeal, after the Takeovers Panel ruled that it couldn't count on the funding for its proposed bid for Austock. Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner CEO, was unable to confirm the appeal, but said a meeting ...

Decouple next-gen education from estate planning conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Financial education for younger generations from families of wealth should be a separate issue from wealth transfer planning and deserves to be treated as such. That's the message from Andrew Hewison, director and private client adviser at boutique ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Further dark pool regulation premature: Fidessa

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Dark pools in Australia are too young for more regulation, said trading technology provider Fidessa, following a call from the ASX to tighten rules for off-exchange trades. Dark pools, which are generally unlicenced platforms for matching orders away ...

MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Superannuation reforms could leave individual trustees open to litigation, causing a group of representative bodies to write to the Federal Government to voice their concerns. In a joint submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

All advice scaled in proposed ASIC guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
All advice is considered scaled to some extent, according to ASIC's consultation paper released yesterday on key elements of the FOFA reform package. The proposed guidance on scaled advice and best interests duty indicates the two categories of scaled ...

Strategy & name change for Aberdeen fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed the Aberdeen Capital Growth Fund 'on hold' following Aberdeen Capital's decision to change its strategy and undergo a name change. As of 1 September, this fund will be called the Aberdeen Multi-Asset Real Return ...

ASX calls on ASIC to regulate dark pools

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities Exchange has called on the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to crack down on dark pool trades in Australia. Dark pools are orders to buy or sell shares that are executed outside the transparent ''lit'' markets. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened stronger, buoyed by overnight leads and hopes the European Central Bank will take action soon to relieve the euro zone debt crisis. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points, or 0.15 per cent ...