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IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... infrastructure fund over the past 16 years. The opposition has called for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to investigate whether industry super funds were using members' money to politically support the Federal Government. Rainmaker Information ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...

New institutional risk product set to launch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... uncertainties, currency dangers and interest rate sensitivities. The new service will provide a range of systems to investigate such as value added risk systems and factor-based systems. "It's a matter of getting client portfolio data and running it ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... services firm's advice on complex structured financial products and found cases of inappropriate advice, failure to investigate clients' situations and instances of inadequate disclosure of adviser remuneration, it said. ASIC said the firm indicated ...

Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
As the Australian financial regulatory sphere becomes more complex, Macquarie University is set to offer a new master's degree in financial regulation. The tertiary institution has teamed up with Promontory Financial Group to offer the course, said ...

Tax strategies from ATO, Cavendish

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... arrangements available. The guide details that investors keen on real estate, shares or other financial products should investigate the proper strategy involved. "Regardless of the type of investment, often the result is a reduction in your taxable income ...

Fraud adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... from 2003 to 2010. Charter Financial Planning became suspicious and called in financial services regulator ASIC to investigate. ASIC discovered Bean, of St Peters, South Australia, had acted dishonestly and had broken financial services laws. He plundered ...

Chapel Road appeal forces ASIC to show the goods

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
A decade on, the Chapel Road v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) battle rages on, with the NSW Supreme Court ordering ASIC to hand over documents relating to the investigation. Back in 2001 Chapel Road's AFSL was revoked when ASIC ...

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC today said it banned a director for three years from providing financial services - but the director is appealing against the decision which she called "disgraceful". Tracey Burnell, of Doncaster East, Victoria, was ...

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 ...