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BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Miller said. "In the current environment, fixed income investors cannot afford to set and forget. They now need to be proactive about managing diversification risk, credit risk and geographic risk," Mr Miller says. According to BlackRock, a modeled return ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has called on governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing ...

Ray White to launch financial advice dealership

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Real estate business Ray White has confirmed it is moving into financial advice with the launch of planning dealership Wealth Market. Describing the business as "a financial planning dealership that aims to change the way financial advice isA perceived ...

Penalties for fund managers too lenient

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... this is an area in which Australia should take leadership. The report recommends policy options designed to take a more proactive approach to the identification of fraud. These include harsher penalties for perpetrators of fraud, improved disclosure ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... consequence of the cuts implemented by Treasury through the 2014 Budget. The regulator said that it will continue to focus "proactive risk-based surveillance on areas of high risk to investors and financial consumers." "We will focus on financial advisers ...

SFGA shareholders approve IOOF acquisition proposal

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) shareholders have voted in favour of IOOF's Scheme of Arrangement to acquire 100% of ordinary shares in SFGA. SFGA will now seek orders from the Federal Court of Australia for the approval of the Scheme at the second court hearing ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... important to the financial advice profession and we would like to particularly recognize the Palmer United Party for its proactive action and cross bench Senators Day, Leyonhjelm and Muir who voted for these sensible reforms to FoFA." The Labor and Greens ...

IOOF set to complete SFGA acquisition in August

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) has made public an explanatory memorandum which outlines the details of the acquisition by IOOF Group and sets the implementation date for August 20, 2014. According to the document, the SFGA shareholders' scheme meeting is scheduled ...

Budget cuts force ASIC to axe surveillance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... cuts to the funding of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have forced the regulator to axe proactive surveillance in a number of areas. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft told the Senate Economics Committee during a budget estimates ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... address, the inquiry has prompted a broader debate on the regulator's role. "There are two types of regulators: the proactive and the reactive," Minter Ellison partner Maged Girgis said, adding that "ASIC by definition is more reactive, while APRA is ...